Muhammad Mehdi ibn Ali Naqi ( fa, محمدمهدی بن علی نقی), was an early 18th-century Persian physician from
Isfahan
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.
He composed a Persian treatise on hygiene and preservation of health addressed to travelers, titled ''Zad al-musafirin'', which he wrote in
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
, during the Afghan invasion. He completed it on 15 September 1728 CE.
This treatise is preserved today in numerous copies. The copy at The
National Library of Medicine
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, however, is one of only two copies that contain the postscript stating when and where he composed the manual.
See also
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List of Iranian scientists
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Sources
For his life and his treatise, see:
*C.A. Storey, ''Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey.'' Volume II, Part 2: E. Medicine (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1971), pp 272–273 no 471
*Lutz Richter-Bernburg, ''Persian Medical Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles: A Descriptive Catalogue,'' Humana Civilitas, vol. 4 (Malibu: Udena Publications, 1978), p. 155.
18th-century Iranian physicians
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
People from Isfahan
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