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Catalogue: Medical Poetry

Blue arrow pointing to the right A Note on Medical Poetry

Blue arrow pointing to the right Urjūzah fī al-ibb   (MS A 34, item 1)
(Poem on Medicine)
ارجوزة فى الطب الطب
by Abū ‘Alī al-usayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Sīnā, known to Europeans as Avicenna (d. 1037/428 H)
ابو على الحسين ابن عبد الله ابن سينا

Blue arrow pointing to the right Shar urjūzat Ibn Sīnā fī al-ibb / Shar ‘alá alfīyah   (MS A 59)
(Commentary on Ibn Sīnā's Poem 'On Medicine' / Commentary on the Thousand [Verses])
شرح ارجوزة ابن سينا فى الطب / شرح على الفيه
by Abū al-Walīd Muammad ibn Amad ibn Muammad Ibn Rushd (Averroes) (d. 1198/595 H)
ابو الوليد محمد ابن احمد ابن محمد ابن رشد

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-Durrah al-asnā’ fī shar Qaīdat Ibn Sīnā   (MS A 45.1, item 2)
(The Beautiful Pearl Concerning a Commentary on the Poem of Ibn Sīnā)
الدرة الحسناء فى شرح قصيدة ابن سينا
by ‘Alī ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Haydūr (d. 1413/816 H)
على ابن عبد الله ابن هيدور

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-Jawhar al-nafīs fī shar urjūzah al-Shaykh al-Ra’īs   (MS A 24)
(The Precious Gem in Commenting upon the Poem of Shaykh al-Ra'is (Avicenna))
جوهر النفيس في شرح ارجوزة الشيخ الرئيس
by Mūsá ibn Ibrāhīm (ibn Mūsá ibn Muammad) al-Baghdādī (d. 1463/867)
موسى ابن ابراهيم ابن موسى ابن محمد البغدادى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Urjūzah fī ta‘rīf al-nab wa-al-bawl   (MS A 34, item 2)
(A Poem on the Knowledge of the Pulse and Urine)
ارجزة فى تعريف النبض والبول
attributed to Abū ‘Alī al-usayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) (d. 1037/428)
ابو على الحسين ابن عبد الله ابن سينا

Blue arrow pointing to the right Urjūzah fī amrā jafn al-‘ayn   (MS A 34, item 3)
(A Poem on Diseases of the Eyelid)
ارجوزة فى امراض جفن العين
attributed to Abū ‘Alī al-usayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) (d. 1037/428)
ابو على الحسين ابن عبد الله ابن سينا

Blue arrow pointing to the right Urjūzah fī tadbīr al-iah fī al-fuīl al-arba‘ah   (MS A 34, item 4)
(Poem on the Regimen of Health in the Four Seasons)
ارجوزة فى تدبير الصحة فى الفصول الاربعة
by Abū ‘Alī al-usayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) (d. 1037/428)
ابو على الحسين ابن عبد الله ابن سينا

Blue arrow pointing to the right Hifz al-sihhah manzum   (MS P 25, item 3)
(The Maintenance of Health, Versified)
كتاب حفظ الصحه منظوم
possibly by Ismā‘īl ibn Muammad al-usayn al-Jurjānī (d. ca. 1136/531)
اسماعيل بن محمد الحسين الجرجانى

Blue arrow pointing to the right ‘Alāmat al-sa‘ādah fī al-aghdhiyah al-mu‘tādah   (MS A 85, item 3)
(Signs of Well-being in Readily Available Foodstuffs)
علامة السعادة في الاغذية المعتادة
by Abū ‘Alī al-asan ibn ‘Alī al-Marrākushī (fl. 1281/680)
ابو على الحسن ابن على المراكشي

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-Manzūmah fī al-ibb   (MS A 85, item 1)
(The Poem on Medicine)
المنظومة في الطب
by Lisān al-Dīn Ibn al-Khaīb (d. 1374/776)
ليسان الدين ابو عبد الله محمد ابن الخطيب الاندلسي

Blue arrow pointing to the right Shifā’ al-mara / ibb-i Shihāb-i   (MS P 16.1, item 2)
(The Healing of Disease / The Medicine of Shihab)
كتاب شفاء المرض / كتاب طب شهاب
by Shihāb al-Dīn ibn ‘Abd al-Karīm Qivām Nāgawrī (fl. 1388/790)
شهاب الدين ابن عبد الكريم قوام ناگورى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Urjūzah wajīzah fī ‘adād al-‘urūq al-mafūdah   (MS A 34, item 5)
(A Short Poem on the Number of Vessels for Bloodletting)
ارجوزة وجيزة فى عداد العروق المفصودة
by Shams al-Dīn Muammad ibn Makkī (dates unknown)
شمس الدين محمد ابن مكي

Blue arrow pointing to the right Urjūzah fī jadhab al-khil   (MS A 34, item 6)
(Poem on the Evacuation of Humors)
ارجوزة فى جذب الخلط
by Shams al-Dīn Muammad ibn Makkī (dates unknown)
شمس الدين محمد ابن مكي

Blue arrow pointing to the right Urjūzah fī al-khitān   (MS A 34, item 7)
(Poem on Circumcision)
ارجوزة فى الختان
by Shams al-Dīn Muammad ibn Makkī (dates unknown)
شمس الدين محمد ابن مكي

Blue arrow pointing to the right Jawāhir al-maqāl   (MS P 25, item 2)
(The Gems of Discourse)
جواهر المقال
by ‘Alī ibn shaykh Muammad ibn ‘Abd al-Ramān (d. 17th century)
على ابن شيخ محمد ابن عبد الرحمان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Bur' al-sā‘ah manzūm   (MS P 25, item 4)
(Cure in an Hour, Versified)
كتاب برؤ الساعه منظوم
anonymous, but probably based on a treatise by Abū Bakr Muammad ibn Zakarīyā’ al-Rāzī (d. ca. 925/312)
ابو بكر محمد ابن زكرياء الرازى

Blue arrow pointing to the right ‘Ilāj-i va-‘alāmat-i dā' al-asad   (MS P 25, item 6)
(The Treatment and Symptoms of Leontiasis)
علاج وعلامات داء الاسد
anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [Poem on Regimen and Therapeutics]   (MS P 25, item 8)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right Fal dar fawā'id mufradāt   (MS P 25, item 9)
(Chapter on the Principles of Materia Medica)
فصل در فوايد مفردات
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [Untitled Poem]   (MS P 25, item 7)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [A Poem on Foodstuffs]   (MS A 85, item 2)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [A Poem on Fruits]   (MS A 85, item 4)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [Three Fragments of Medical Poems]   (MS A 85, item 5)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right Manzūmah fī al-ibb   (MS A 36)
(A Poem on Medicine)
منظومه فى الطب
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right Dar bayan-i narah va han   (MS P 16.1, item 1)
(On the Explanation of Male and Female Genitalia)
در بيان نره و هن
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb ta‘līq nazīf ‘alá mabda'ī al-manzūmah fī uūl ‘ilm al-ibb   (MS A 87, item 11)
(A Polished Commentary on the fundamental features of 'The Poem on the Principles of the Art of Medicine')
كتاب تعليق نظيف على مبدئى المنظومه فى اصول علم الطب
Anonymous

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