The opening of a popular epitome by the Egyptian mystic al-Sha‘rānī (d. 1565/973) of a "Memorandum Book" (Tadhkirah) written by al-Suwaydi, who died in Damascus in 1291/690. The treatise is concerned with remedies for various diseases, arranged in sequence from head to foot according to the location of the complaint. The copy is undated, probably of the 18th century, and was made in North Africa.