Nur al-Absar (Fava’id al-Absar); Treatise on Diarrhea; Poems on Medicine (three works in one volume)

Persia, c. 1760. The poetry section is incomplete and there is occasional smudging, otherwise the book is in very good condition. . Binding: Contemporary full calf with tooled rules and decorative centerpiece on covers. Pasted and free endpapers. , Notes: Manuscript is in Persian and written in nastaliq script in black and red ink. There are 125 unpaginated leaves with 22 lines to a page. The first work (leaves 1-79), called “Nur al-Absar” by Moussa ibn Ali Reza, is on vision and the inner workings of the eye. It includes prescriptions to heal eyes from various ailments and is also called as “Fava’id al-Absar”. The second work (leaves 80-117), by Muhammad Hossein Ahmad Shariff, is on diarrhea and goes into causes, its effect on the body and potential prescriptions for curing its symptoms. The third work (leaves 118-125) consists of poems on the theme of medicine. The author begins with a supplication to God, “Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim” and quotes Prophet Muhammad saying that “Knowledge is of two parts: One is the knowledge of religions and the second is the knowledge of the body”. This work is incomplete. , Size: 8vo (210x150mm). , Volume: 3 volumes in 1, Category: Book Asia Middle East Iran; Book Literature; Book Manuscript; Book Medical;