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<h1><a name="top"></a>Catalogue: Plague Tracts</h1>
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<em>Ris&#257;lat al-Shif&#257;&#8217; li-adw&#257;&#8217; al-wab&#257;&#8217;</em> <span class="ms">&nbsp;&nbsp;(MS A 77)</span></dt>
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<dd>by Ab&#363; al-Khayr ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>li<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font> al-Din Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>af&#225; <a href="bioT.html#tashkopruzade"><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7788;</font>&#257;shk&#246;pr&#252;z&#257;de</a> (<a href="glossary.html#d">d.</a> 1560/968)</dd>
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<p class="indent">This popular plague tract by <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7788;</font>&#257;shk&#246;pr&#252;z&#257;de is composed of an introduction (<em>muqaddimah</em>), two chapters (<em>maslaks</em>), a conclusion (<em>khatimah</em>) and an appendix (<em>tadhyil</em>). The introduction has four subdivisions (<em>matlabs</em>), and the appendix consists of six <em>matlabs</em>. Religious treatises and scholars are the primary source, but the third <em>matlab</em> of the appendix concerns the cause of plague (<em>ta&#8216;un</em>) according to physicians. The final <em>matlab</em> of the appendix is on the treatment of plague and is divided into two <em>maqsid</em>: one on physical treatments and the other on spiritual treatment. For the latter, <a href="b_d.html#buni">Ab&#363; al-&#8216;Abbas Sharaf al-D&#299;n A<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>mad al-Bun&#299;</a> is given as a major source, and there are a number of talismanic designs and <a href="glossary.html#magic">magic squares</a> illustrated. </p>
<p class="indent">The treatise ends with an enumeration, based on the account of the Basran compiler and historian Ab&#363; al-Hasan &#8216;Al&#299; ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad al-Mada&#8217;in&#299; (d. 843/228), of five instances of plagues in Islamic lands: (1) in al-Mada'in in the year 628/6, (2) in 'Amawas (or 'Amwas) in Syria between Ramalah and Jerusalem in the year 640/17-18, (3) the plague called the Plague of the Torrent occurring in Basra in 684/64 in which 300,000 people were said to die during three days, (4) the Plague of the Young Women occurring in 706/87 in Basra, Wasit and Kufah and Syria, and (5) a plague occurring in 749/131. For this chronology of plagues, see L.I. Conrad, "Arabic Plague Chronologies and Treatises: Social and historical factors in the formation of a literary genre," <em>Studia Islamica</em>, vol. 54, 1981, pp. 51-93.</p>
<p class="indent">For other copies, see <a href="abbreviation.html#ullmannM">Ullmann, <em>Medizin</em></a>, p. 249 note 3; <a href="glossary.html#gal"><em>GAL</em></a>, vol. 2, p. 426 (561) no. 12; <a href="abbreviation.html#gals"><em>GAL</em>-S</a>, vol. 2, p. 634 no. 14; Oxford, Bodleian Library, Oriental Collections, MS Ouseley 106, item 1 (see <a href="abbreviation.html#savage">Savage-Smith, "Bodleian"</a>). The text has been printed in Cairo in 1875.</p>
<p class="indent"><em>Ris&#257;lat al-Shif&#257;&#8217; li-adw&#257;&#8217; al-wab&#257;&#8217;</em> <span class="ms">&nbsp;&nbsp;(MS A 77)</span></p>
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<p class="indent">The opening of a treatise on the history and treatments of plague, <em>Ris&#257;lat al-Shif&#257;&#8217; li-adw&#257;&#8217; al-wab&#257;&#8217;</em> , by <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7788;</font>&#257;shk&#246;pr&#252;z&#257;de (d. 1560/968). The title can be seen in the fifth line of this page. The copy is undated and unsigned, but appears to have been made about 1800.</p>
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<p class="indent">Arabic. 17 <a href="glossary.html#leaves">leaves</a> (fols. 1b-17b) <a href="glossary.html#dimensions">Dimensions</a> 21.2 x 14.8 (text area 16.8 x 9)cm; 25 lines per page. The title is given near start of text (fol. 1b line 5). On the title page (fol. 1a) a title has been added in Turkish by a later hand: <em>Kit&#257;b Ta&#8216;un risalesi</em> (<em>Treatise on the Plague</em>). The author's name is given on title page (fol. 1a) as <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7788;</font>&#257;shk&#246;pr&#252;z&#257;de, where it also states that he died in 968 (= 1560). </p>
<p class="indent">The copy is undated; the appearance of paper, script, and ink suggests a dating of about 1800. </p>
<p class="indent">It is an incomplete copy. The text breaks off abruptly after only four lines of text on fol. 17b.</p>
<p class="indent">The text is written in a small <a href="glossary.html#naskh">naskh</a> tending toward <a href="glossary.html#taliq">ta&#8216;liq</a> script (a Turkish hand) using black ink and purplish-red headings and <a href="glossary.html#overlinings">overlinings</a>. The text area has been <a href="glossary.html#frame">frame-ruled</a>. There are <a href="glossary.html#catchword">catchwords</a>.</p>
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<p class="indent">The volume consists of 18 leaves. Fol. 1a is blank except for a title and author added by a later hand. Fol. 18 is blank.</p>
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<h2><span class="h2blue">Provenance</span></h2>
<p class="indent">The volume was purchased in 1941 by the Army Medical Library presumably from A. S. Yahuda. No further information is available on the provenance. </p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">References</span></h2>
<p class="indent"><a href="abbreviation.html#schullian">Schullian/Sommer</a>, <em>Cat. of incun. &amp; MSS.</em>, entry A 77, pp. 322-3</p>
<p class="psource">NLM Microfilm Reel: FILM 48-127 no. 1 </p>
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