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MESSRS. H. E. STAPLETON AND R. P. AZO 



7 ounces 



ase 



74* 



2 



=s 



21-i 



IO 



ii ounces 



= 



H7| 



19 ounces and 7 dirhams 



as 



209| 



2^ ratls 



= 



2 9 8f 



10 ratls — out of which 4^ 







ounces of salt are made 3 



= 



1280 



3 ounces 



= 



32 



2 ounces and 6 dirhams (?) 



= 



2 7i 



2 ratls 



= 



256 



5 ounces 



= 



53i 



3 „ 



— . 



32 



Soft Iron, i.e., the female ... 7 ounces s= 74^ dirhams. 



Steel, i.e., male iron 

 Tin (Rasas Qal'f) 

 Mercury 1 



Yellow Sulphur of 'Iraq- 

 Yellow Arsenic Sulphide [ — ] 

 Qily ... 



Lime ... 



Sal- Ammoniac of Khurasan 4 ... 



Sweet Salt 



Egyptian Zaj 5 



Qalqand 



Iqlimia of Gold or^'Marqa- 



thifcha ' 

 Female Maghnisiya — black, 



soft, and of a yielding 



texture 

 Alum of Yemen ... 

 'Tinkar' 6 

 Martak 

 Maghnatis 



Red Armenian Borax 6 

 'Natrun' 6 

 Hens' Eggs 



The total is 2 7 58^ dirhams. 



If you need larger quantities of the medicines than those given, multiply the weights 



10 



io6f 



7^ ounces 



16 qirats 

 2 ounces 



50 



- 8oi 



» 5i 



= iof 



= 2 lit 



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l Yaqfit, who completed his geographical Dictionary AIit'jamu-l-Buldan in 1224 A.D. states that the best mercury of his 

 time ('better than that of Khurasan ') was drawn from Shiz, a town in the mountainous district S.W. of the Caspian, and S.E. of 

 Lake Urmiyah. Gold, Lead, Silver and Orpiment were also obtained from the same place, ghlz was the reputed birthplace of 

 Zoroaster, and its famous [fire-temple was said to have been erected on the spot where the Magus, sent by Khusra Hurmuz (sic) 

 to the Virgin Mary, fell ill and died on his return journey from Bethlehem. The sacred fire of this temple burnt without producing 

 any ashes, and from it the flames of all the other fire-temples in Persia were re-kindled when they became extinct (ed. cit., 



HI, P- 353-). 



8 Bar Bahlul {loc. cit., p. 132) states that this yellow sulphur was procured from Mt. Barimma, on the Tigris between 

 Mosul and Takrlt. 



3 From the small amount of salt that is produced from 10 ratls of Qily.it would almost appear that ' Qily ' here means the 

 dried soda plant, and not the ashes left after its combustion. 



4 This is the naturally occurring volcanic product and is probably, therefore, ammonium chloride ; cf. Ibnu-1-Baitar, trans, cit,, 

 III, p. 380 ; Stapleton, Memoirs A.S.B., I., p. 29, text, and note (5). 



6 Mentioned in the Qdnim as a green variety, stronger in its medicinal action than Cyprian Zaj. 



* Tinkar, Red Armenian Borax, and Natrrm were different varieties of the jSjy ' Biiraq ' (borax) of the Arabs (Ma/dtik., 

 ed. cit .-, p. 260 ; Ibnu-1-Baitar, trans, cit., I, pp. 289 and 289J. This term certainly included other ^fusible substances besides our 

 Borax since Natron is sodium sesquicarbonate. The Qdnun states that the Armenian was the best variety. It occurred naturally 

 in soft, spongy flakes, of a white, reddish, or purplish colour. 



