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A Manuscript of Ghayat al-Bayān fī Tadbīr wa ʿIlāj Badan al-Insān, Copied 1113 AH (1701–1702 CE).
An important Arabic medical manuscript entitled Ghayat al-Bayān fī Tadbīr wa ʿIlāj Badan al-Insān (“The Utmost Clarification in the Management and Treatment of the Human Body”), a comprehensive work in the field of medicine.
The text was classified by the chief physician of the Ottoman state, Ṣāliḥ ibn Naṣrallāh ibn Sallūm al-Ḥalabī, and subsequently rearranged according to medical topics by his son, the physician Yaḥyā. The manuscript was written for herself by the physician Maʿshūqa Khātūn, daughter of the chief physician Muṣṭafā ibn ʿAbd Allāh, known as Fayḍī al-Rūmī, in the year 1113 AH (1701–1702 CE).
The volume is bound in red leather with blind-tooled borders. The text is written in a clear naskh hand in black ink, with headings and section titles rubricated in red. The manuscript includes structured tables of contents arranged in grid format, dividing ailments by anatomical region and medical category, followed by systematically organised chapters addressing diagnosis, regimen, and treatment. Pagination appears in red numerals.
Approximately 23.5 x 15.9cm
Provenance: Private collection from a distinguished W London collector.
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