The work was completed in 1823 – 1824 and it is available in two copies, one of which was made in 1827 – 1828 possibly during the lifetime of the author. The collection of medical works keeps treatises on specific medical issues, including anatomy, diagnostics, health care, dietology, diseases of various organs, infectious diseases, and others. For example, among the works on the theory of medicine there is a work in Arabic by the famous Khorasan doctor, poet, and lawyer Fakhr al-din Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Razi (d. 1209) titled “Masa’il fi al-tibb” (Issues of Medicine) kept as the only copy supposedly dating to the 16th century.
It should be noted that treatises of theoretical nature are few in number in the collection (33 pieces), nevertheless, there are some works in Persian of scientific interest. These are “Risala dar tashrih-i badan-i insan” (The Treatise on the Anatomy of Human Body) also known as “Tashrih-i Mansuri” (Anatomy by Mansur) by the above-mentioned Mansur ibn Faqih Ilyas. The work was dedicated to the grandson of Amir Timur, Prince Pir Muhammad Bahadur (killed in 1405). A copy dated to 1683 was made at the direction of Ashtarkhanid Subhanqulikhan (1680 – 1702) with corrections in the text and illustrations depicting a human skeleton, nervous system, internal organs, etc. In addition, there are three more copies of the 19th century.
You can learn more about this topic in the book-album “The Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental studies, the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (part two, “Miniature and Calligraphy”) (Volume XXII) from the series "Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections".
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