Folio. [28], 573 pp., [1], lithograph printing, contemporary full calf, lightly rubbed, remainder of label on upper cover, new endpapers, ink inscription on outer edge, otherwise copy inside in good condition, Mirza, Habib ‘Allah, Tehran, 1305 H [1887-8]..

Synopsis

Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan was a physician of some importance at end of 18th and beginning of 19th century. He was physician to the Mughal emperor Shah ‘Alam II (ruled 1759-1806) and possibly to his son Akbar II (ruled 1806-1837). Sources differ as to when he died, some recording that he died in 1805/1220 and others that he died eleven years later in 1816/1231. He was responsible for introducing aspects of the new science current in Europe in his days, and he composed works in both Arabic and Persian, including a dictionary of Indian drugs.
For his life and writings, see Storey PL II,2, pp. 283-5 no. 494; GAL-S, vol. 2, p. 864 no. 56a.