Medical manuscripts of Qutub Shahi period in the libraries of Hyderabad.

In the previous article under the above title a brief introduction of two rare and most valuable medical manuscripts of the Qutub Shahi period viz. IKHTIYARAT-E·QUTUB SHAHI and RISAL-E-MEQDARIAH, was presented. Now, a brief not e on three such manuscripts is being presented in this article. The names of these manuscripts are TARJUMA-E-TAZKERAT-UL KEHHALEEN. ZUBDAT·UL-HIKAM and TIBB-E-FAREEO, which deal with the subjects of Ophthalmology, hvqierie and common remedies etc. 3. TARJUMA-E-TAZERAT-UL-KEHHALEEN This manuscript is a Persian translation of an Arabic treatise called 'Tez keret ulKehheleen', originally written by Ali Ibn lsa (Jesu Halv), the most famous oculist (Kehhal) of Baghdad in the first half of the eleventh century, a century and a half after the court physician of AI-Mutamid, whose name 'Isa Ibn Ali' is often confused with his name. This is one of the oldest and worthiest Arabic works of medieval period on ophthalmology, which has survived in its complete and original form The 'Fe z keret-Ul-Kehhele en' deals with ~'Research Officer incharge, IIHM, Hvder abad, "''''Research Assistant (U), IIHM, Hyderabad. one hundred and forty eye diseases, It was translated once into Hebrew and twice into Latin and is still in use in the East The Fs z keret-ul-Kehheteen was translated into Persian at Golconda by a physician and author Shamasuddin Ali-AI-Hussaini-AI-Jurjani, by the order of the king Sultan Mohammed Ouli Outub Shah. A copy of this manuscript is available in Salar Jung Museum Library, Hyderabad (Tibb 49). The author has started this manuscript with praise to God (Fig. 1)