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Manuscript of the Risala-yi Hummiyat (Treatise on Fevers) by Abu al-Qasim al-Na’ini al-Isfahani

The manuscript of 40 folios opens with an illuminated sarlawh above the text, which is copied in nasta`liq in 11 lines to a page. According to the colophon the manuscript was copied by Davud Gulpayagani on Friday 8 Ramadan 1319 (19 December 1901). Tuhfa-yi Nasiriyya is a book in traditional medicine written in Persian by Abu al-Qasim Na’ini Isfahani (1245-1322/1829-1904), who was a prominent doctor at the court of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and enjoyed the sobriquet Sultan al-Hukama’ (King of doctors). The subject of the book is different kinds of fevers and their treatments. The red leather binding is decorated with three plain frames in gold on the outside and is covered with marbled paper on the inside. The preface states it was written for Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Atabak known as Amin al-Sultan (1858-1907), who was the last prime minister under Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar.

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Geneva Switzerland (by 2014) by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar Houston Texas (2014) loan; to Harvard Art Museums 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar

dated 1901 20th century Qajar period 1901

Persian

Title: Manuscript of the Risala-yi Hummiyat (Treatise on Fevers) by Abu al-Qasim al-Na’ini al-Isfahani

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The manuscript of 40 folios opens with an illuminated sarlawh above the text, which is copied in nasta`liq in 11 lines to a page.

According to the colophon the manuscript was copied by Davud Gulpayagani on Friday 8 Ramadan 1319 (19 December 1901).

Tuhfa-yi Nasiriyya is a book in traditional medicine written in Persian by Abu al-Qasim Na’ini Isfahani (1245-1322/1829-1904), who was a prominent doctor at the court of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and enjoyed the sobriquet Sultan al-Hukama’ (King of doctors).

The subject of the book is different kinds of fevers and their treatments.

The red leather binding is decorated with three plain frames in gold on the outside and is covered with marbled paper on the inside.

The preface states it was written for Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Atabak known as Amin al-Sultan (1858-1907), who was the last prime minister under Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar.

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