Muhammed bin Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, active 15th century
Biographical notes
A physician and author in the service of several rulers, including the
Germiyanid Yaʿḳūb Beg of Kütahya, and the Ottoman sultans, Meḥmed I and Murad II. He
spent the latter part of his life in Bursa. He has been confused with his contemporary, Maḥmūd b. Muḥammed
Dilşad Şükrullâh Şirvānī, author Murādnāme and Tarīḫ-i İbn Kesīr
Tercümesi, and has been dubiously attributed with these following works:
Kemāliyye, Bāhnāme Tercümesi and Harīdetü’l-Acā’ib ve Cerīdetü’l-Garā’ib
Tercümesi.
Mehmet bin Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, active 15th century
Muhammed bin Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, 15th cent
Muhammed ibn Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, active 15th century
Şirvânî, Muhammed bin Mahmût, active 15th century
Manuscripts by this author
Cevhernāme
This work is a Turkish adaptation of Aḥmad ibn
Yūsuf al-Tīfāshī (d. 651/1253)’s lapidary, the Azḥār al-Afkār fī jawāhir al-aḥjār (“Best
Thoughts on the Best of Stones”), which was written around 637 and describes the special
properties of 25 gems and minerals, including their medicinal and magical uses. The
work was prepared for Timurtaş Umur Bey (d. 865/1461) in 831. Show more
Information on the manuscript taken from: Muhammed b. Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî. Tuhfe-i Murâdî (İnceleme - Metin - Dizin). Edited
by Mustafa Argunşah. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1999 .
This work of 42 sections deals with the miraculous properties of the Quran
(hawāṣṣ al-Qurʾānk), including their
curative properties and with Sufi interpretations of Quranic verses. Show more
The place of composition is Anatolia, either in the Germiyanid or Ottoman realm.
This is the most comprehensive work in Turkish on ophalmology. It consists of
three major sections on eye anatomy, the description of eye diseases and their
treatments.
Dedicated to the Ottoman Sultan Murad
II’s kazasker, Veliyüddīn b. İlyās-ı Ḥasenī, and the father of the
famous Ottoman poet, Aḥmed Paşa (d.
1497). This work of 44 sections deals with medicinals and perfumes,
drawing on a variety of classical sources as well as the author’s own
experiences. Show more
This is a treatise on the etiology and treatment of cholic (intestinal cramping)
and constipation. It was composed in Bursa in 837. The work
survives in a unique manuscript in a codex of four works. Show more
Dedicated to Meḥmed I,
this medical work of 14 chapters deals with the preservation of health (regimen
sanitatis). This was a popular genre of medical literature in both the medieval
Islamic and Christian world. Rooted in Greek humoral theory, it discusses how to
keep in check the six non-naturals (air, food and drink, exercise and rest, sleeping
and waking, repletion and excretion, and passions and emotions) through a moderate
lifestyle and proper hygiene in order to prevent illness.
Specifically prepared for the Ottoman sultan Murad
II in 833 in Bursa, this work of 32 chapters is an
expanded version of the Cevhernāme, a
Turkish adaptation of Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-Tīfāshī
(d. 651/1253)’s lapidary, the Azḥār
al-Afkār fī jawāhir al-aḥjār (“Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones”),
which was written around 1240 and
describes the special properties of 25 gems and minerals, including their medicinal
and magical uses. The author draws on additional later authorities, primarily
Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (d. 1274)’s work
on gemology, Tansūkhnāma-yi īlkhānī. Show more
Composed between the years of 1402
and 1420 and dedicated to the
Germiyanid Bey, Yaʿḳūb Beg (r. 1402-1429), this medical work of 23
chapters deals with the preservation of health (regimen sanitatis). This was a
popular genre of medical literature in both the medieval Islamic and Christian
world. Rooted in Greek humoral theory, it discusses how to keep in check the six
non-naturals (air, food and drink, exercise and rest, sleeping and waking, repletion
and excretion, and passions and emotions) through a moderate lifestyle and proper
hygiene in order to prevent illness. The work exists in a unique manuscript. Show more
