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Preface (ʿArz-e-Hal) Page 2

By Hazrat Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen, Khalifatul Masih I (ra) (1841–1914)

English Translation:

Nabila Amatul Naseer, M.Phil (Human Nutrition and Dietetics)

Syeda Munazza Ahmad, M.Phil (Sociology)

Medical Editor & Project Lead:

Qaisar J. Qayyum, MD

CAUTION

Bayaz Noor-ud-Din is a historical medical work based on material dictated more than a century ago. Over the years, the text has passed through handwritten manuscripts, copies, transcription, typesetting, and subsequent publication. During this process, scribal, spelling, grammatical, punctuation, transcription, or printing errors may have entered the available text. In some places, missing or misplaced punctuation, variations in the spelling of medicines and herbs, or difficult Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Unani/Hikmat terminology may significantly affect interpretation.

Although considerable effort is being made to identify and correct such issues during translation and editorial review, complete accuracy of the historical source text, its interpretation, or the identification of every medicine, herb, preparation, dosage, and medical term cannot be guaranteed.

This translation is published primarily for historical, educational, and scholarly purposes. It should not be used independently as a guide for diagnosis, treatment, preparation of medicines, or self-medication. Anyone considering the practical use of any remedy or treatment described in this work should first verify the original text, ingredients, identity, dosage, preparation, and suitability with an appropriately qualified Hakeem/Unani practitioner, Ayurvedic practitioner where applicable, physician, pharmacist, or other relevant healthcare professional.

Readers are responsible for obtaining appropriate professional verification before acting upon any medical information contained in this historical work. The translators, editors, contributors, and publisher cannot accept responsibility for harm, loss, or adverse consequences resulting from the interpretation or practical use of the historical remedies or medical information presented in this publication.

Note to the Reader

This page is presented as a working translation of the original Byaz Noor-ud-Din. The aim is to preserve the original wording, terminology, remedies, doses, and arrangement as faithfully as possible while making the text understandable in modern English. Historical Unani/Hikmat terms are retained in parentheses, and verified English and botanical names are added where appropriate.

Text shown in red indicates a word, reading, translation, botanical identification, dosage, or historical medical term that remains uncertain and requires further research or verification. In such cases, the original wording has intentionally been preserved rather than replaced by an unsupported assumption. Red text therefore does not necessarily indicate an error; it identifies an item still under editorial review.

The medical concepts and treatments on this page reflect the historical text and medical understanding of its time and should not be interpreted as contemporary medical advice.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

نَحْمَدُهُ وَنُصَلِّي عَلَى رَسُولِهِ الْكَرِيمِ

Preface (ʿArz-e-Hal)

Some time ago I published the proven remedies of my most gracious mentor and my greatest teacher, Maulana Hafiz Haji Nuruddin (may Allah be pleased with him), by means of the journal Tabib-e-Hazik. Then I published them in book form in three parts under the title Mujarrabat-e-Nuruddin (the proven remedies of Nuruddin), done during the life of His Holiness, under his own guidance and favor. I must openly acknowledge that a few errors remained in that edition. His Holiness instructed me to prepare a corrected edition of it, and he himself also completed this Bayaz.

However, his illness and my own preoccupation did not allow me the opportunity to publish a second edition during his life. Now God Almighty has granted the opportunity to me, so that I am attaining the good fortune of accomplishing this magnificent service. Hazrat Maulana Nuruddin Sahib was, in reality, a King of Medicine.

And one distinctive feature of his treatment was that he always prescribed remedies that were easy to obtain, quick in their effect, and inexpensive. His proven remedies (mujarrabat) were based on more than half a century of personal experience. In this Bayaz, he has prescribed only those remedies which he himself put to proof with thousands of patients and found beneficial. Compared with the first edition, this Bayaz has grown to more than twice its original size.

Thus, this first part alone has grown larger than all three parts of Mujarrabat, while the second part is still remaining. I would also like to mention that this Bayaz has been registered, no person has any right to print it, in any form, even in part.

This time, I have also included the medical biography of Hazrat Hakim-ul-Ummat. By the grace of Allah, I hope that I will soon be able to publish the second part of it as well. And Allah is the One Whose help is sought.

Humbly,

Fazl-ur-Rahman

Qadian

24 December 1924

Index of Diseases, (Fihrist-e-Amraz), Bayaz-e-Nuruddin, Part One, Page 2

Format: modern correspondence, where one exists | English rendering | Roman Urdu | original Urdu

1.Chapter One: Diseases of the Head | Bab-e-Awwal dar Amraz-e-Sar | باب اوّل در امراضِ سر

| Hot or Hot-Dry Headache | Suda, Garm ya Garm Khushk | صداع، گرم یا گرم خشک
| Dry Headache | Suda-e-Yabis | صداعِ یابس
Cold-stimulus headache, in part | Headache from Cold Alone | Sirf Sardi ka Sar Dard | صرف سردی کا سردرد
| Hangover Headache | Suda-e-Khumari | صداعِ خماری
| Sanguineous Headache | Suda-e-Damvi | صداعِ دموی
| Bilious Headache | Suda-e-Safravi | صداعِ صفراوی
| Phlegmatic Headache | Suda-e-Balghami | صداعِ بلغمی
| Melancholic Headache | Suda-e-Saudavi | صداعِ سوداوی
| Windy, or rather Nervous, Headache | Suda-e-Rihi, balkeh Asabi | صداعِ ریحی، بلکہ عصبی
| Vaporous Headache | Suda-e-Bukhari | صداعِ بخاری
| Headache of Debility | Suda-e-Zafi | صداعِ ضعفی
| Crisis Headache | Suda-e-Buhrani | صداعِ بحرانی
Headache attributed to rhinosinusitis | Catarrhal Headache | Suda-e-Nazli | صداعِ نزلی
| Headache from Obstruction | Suda-e-Suddi | صداعِ سدی
Odor-triggered headache | Olfactory Headache | Suda-e-Zakai | صداعِ ذکائی

REFERENCE SOURCES FOR TERMINOLOGY

Disease nomenclature

WHO international standard terminologies on Unani medicine. World Health Organization, Geneva.

https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/365544/9789240064959-eng.pdf

Standard Unani Medical Terminology. Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. Prepared under a collaborative programme of CCRUM and WHO for Traditional Medicine. https://ccrum.res.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/Standard%20Unani%20Medical%20Terminology_1430.pdf

National Ayush Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic (NAMASTE) Portal, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. Standardized terminologies and national morbidity codes for Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani, dual-coded with WHO ICD-10 and ICD-11. https://namaste.ayush.gov.in/about-namaste-portal

Standard Unani Treatment Guidelines for Common Diseases, Volume II. CCRUM, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. Contains the entry Sudā' Shirkī Mi'dī, referred headache of gastric origin. https://ccrum.res.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/Common%20Diseases,%20Vol%20II_1223.pdf

International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision, Chapter 26 Module 2 (TM2). World Health Organization. Ayush morbidity codes were mapped into TM2 and released on the ICD-11 Browser in February 2025. https://icd.who.int/browse11

Materia medica and pharmacopoeia

Unani Pharmacopoeia of India. Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (PCIM&H), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. https://www.portal.pcimh.gov.in

Medicinal plants database. CCRUM, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. https://ccrum.res.in/ViewData/Multiple?mid=1640

NOTE ON THE USE OF THESE SOURCES Terminology in the present translation has been checked against the sources above where a corresponding entry exists. Several categories in the Bayaz, among them Sudā'-i Khumārī, Sudā'-i Suddī and Sudā'-i Zakā'ī, do not appear in the standardized modern lists. These are recorded here as the compiler's own arrangement, and no modern equivalent has been supplied for them.

TRANSLATION AND EDITORIAL CREDITS

Original Work

Hazrat Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen, Khalifatul Masih I (ra) (1841–1914)Bayaz Noor-ud-DinEminent Unani physician and former Personal Physician to His Highness the Maharaja of Kashmir

English Translators

Nabila Amatul Naseer, M.Phil

Nutritionist and Dietitian

Syeda Munazza Ahmad, M.Phil

Sociologist, Researcher, and Academic Writer

Project Lead, Scholarly and Medical Editor

Qaisar J. Qayyum, MD

Chief Editor, Noor Journal of Complementary and Contemporary Medicine (NJCCM)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The English translation of Bayaz Noor-ud-Din is a collaborative project undertaken to preserve and make accessible to English-language readers the historical Unani/Hikmat (Greco-Arab) medical writings of Hazrat Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen, Khalifatul Masih I (ra).

The translated text undergoes scholarly and medical editorial review, including comparison with the original Urdu text; clarification of difficult or archaic Urdu, Persian, Arabic, and Unani/Hikmat terminology; review of historical medical concepts; research and verification of medicinal substances and botanical identities; and revision for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and readability while preserving the meaning and arrangement of the original work.

Particular care is taken not to impose modern interpretations where the historical text does not support them. Where the meaning, reading, or botanical identity of a historical term cannot be established with reasonable confidence, the original terminology is retained or identified for further review rather than replaced by an unsupported interpretation.

Bayaz Noor-ud-Din Project Team

The Bayaz Noor-ud-Din Project Team serves in an advisory and collaborative capacity. Team members contribute through discussion of difficult passages, consideration of alternative interpretations, and input on linguistic, historical, medical, Unani/Hikmat, botanical, and editorial questions.

Team members have contributed both through group discussions and by providing direct feedback, which, where appropriate, has been incorporated into the translation and editorial revisions.

The Project Team's role is distinct from that of the two English translators, who are separately identified and credited above.

USA

Dr Abid and Dr Ayesha Haq, Snohomish, WA
Dr Haroon Akhtar, Maryland
Dr Shazli Naseer
Dr Imtiaz Chaudary
Malik Abdullah
Munawar Ahmad Saqib, New Jersey, USA
Sharif Ahmad, Atlanta, GA
Dr Almas Nasar, Dallas, TX
Bilal Ahmed

Canada

Mazhar
Qasid Ahmad Bajwa
Harisah Mehmood

Pakistan

Faizan
Nabila Amatul Naseer, Chenab Nagar
Syeda Munazza Ahmad, Multan

United Kingdom

Dr Ismaeel Mohammad
Dr Qasid Ahmad Bajwa,
Scunthorpe

Australia

Dr Mohammad Younus
Dr Aamir Mahmood

Ireland

Dr Aida Nasar Khan — Dublin

United Arab Emirates

Dr Sulaiman Ahmad — Dubai

Nepal

Nasir Ahmad Bhatti

FINANCIAL SUPPORT ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This translation project has been made possible through the generous financial support of Ahmadi individuals from the NJCCM WhatsApp group who provided funding toward the cost of translating and preparing Bayaz Noor-ud-Din for English-language publication.

We gratefully acknowledge their financial support in helping preserve this important historical work and make it accessible to a wider readership.

Project Funding

Financial supporters are listed in the order in which their contributions were received.

Sharif Ahmad, USA
Munawar Ahmad Saqib, New Jersey, USA
Dr Qaisar J. Qayyum, Edmond, OK, USA
Dr Amatulah, USA
Dr Abid Haq & Ayesha Haq, Snohomish, WA, USA
Professor Aftab Ahmad & Mrs Neena Ahmad, USA
Dr Aamir Mahmood, Australia
Mubashir Ahmed, Huntley, IL, USA
Bushra Begum, RN, USA
Dr Munawar Malik, USA
Dr Amina Tariq, USA
Dr Nasira Malik, USA
Dr Aida Nasar Khan, Dublin
Dr Almas Nasar, Dallas, TX

Donors wishing to remain anonymous are gratefully acknowledged without being named.

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