Tuhfetu’l Mumunin 1669AD "EARLY 18TH CENTURY MEDICAL MANUSCR...

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Tuhfetu’l Mumunin 1669AD
"EARLY 18TH CENTURY MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT
GUNYAT EL-MUHASSILIN FI TERCUMETU TUHFETI’L MUMININ
DATED 4TH RAJAB 1146AH/11TH DECEMBER 1733AD
SIGNED AHMAD BIN HUSAYN BIN HASSAN"

By Muhammad Mumin Husayni Tankabuni (he was a Court physician at Shah Sulayman l of Iran era) The manuscript is a translation of Tuhfatu’l Muminin written by Iranian palace physician Mohammed Mumin Huseyni Tankabuni on behalf of Shah Suleiman l of Safavid Persia (r.1666-1694). It was translated from Persian to Turkish by Hekimbaşı Hasan Efendi with the name “Gunyetü'l-Muhassilin fi Tercemeti't-Tuhfeti'1-Muminin”for the use of Sadrazam Hekimoglu Ali Pasha(1689-1757).
At the third section drug materials were ordered and translated to Arabic, Persian, Sanskritic and Turkish. This book translated to the Latin language and published in Paris.

Another copy of Gunyat al-Muhassilîn fî Tarjamat Tuhfat al-Mumînîn at Süleymaniye Library, Fatih, no. 3589; with the same scribe

European collector; French composer Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) — as well as the scholars and musicians. He was describing orient as his third homeland, He was a composer who was influenced by the exotic East and reflected it in his compositions.

Ottoman Turkish manuscript on watermarked paper, consisting of two chapters, first 400ff, 27ll. Of Ottoman Ta'liq in black, second 165ff, 27ll of naskh script, 3 front and 1 back flyleaves, catchwords in red, marginal notes in red and black, reminding words in black, colophon dated and signed, brown Ottoman leather binding, with the European collector label F. Schmitt