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Identification and Creation

Object Number
32.2015
Title
Manuscript of the Risala-yi Hummiyat (Treatise on Fevers) by Abu al-Qasim al-Na’ini al-Isfahani
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
dated 1901
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Qajar period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/352107

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, colors, and gold on paper; leather and gold binding
Dimensions
22 x 14 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
Object Number
32.2015
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
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.

Verification Level

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