Salih b. Nasr Allah al-Halbi (d. AH 1081/1670 AD): Ghayat al-bayan fi tadbir badan al-insan

OTTOMAN TURKEY AH JUMADA II 1075/20 DEC 1664 TO 18 JANUARY 1665 AD

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Salih b. Nasr Allah al-Halbi (d. AH 1081/1670 AD): Ghayat al-bayan fi tadbir badan al-insan
Ottoman Turkey AH Jumada II 1075/20 Dec 1664 to 18 January 1665 AD
Autograph work on medecine, Arabic manuscript on ivory paper, 166ff. with 23ll. of black Ottoman naskh, overlining, marginal notes and occasional words in red, text outlined in red, opening folio with fine gold and polychrome illumination, very slight staining, final folio with colophon signed Salih b. Nasr Allah al-Halbi and dated 1075, in paper boards with applied gold medallion with cloud bands and flap
Folio 8¼ x 5¼in. (21 x 13.3cm.)

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The author was the chief physician at the court of Sultan Mehmet IV. This work was completed in Edirne at the instance of the Sultan . A note at the end of the work by the author records the date of writing.

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