Nazem al-Atebba

Mirza
Ali Akbar Khan Nafisi
Nazem al-Atebba
میرزا علی‌اکبرخان نفیسی
Born1847|03|12
Died1924|06|-14
CitizenshipIranian
Alma materDar ul-Funun (Persia)
Occupation(s)Physician, scholar
EraQajar era, Pahlavi era
Notable workFarhang-e Nafisi Persian Lexicon
Children6, including Ali-Asghar Nafisi, Saeed Nafisi
FatherMirza Hassan Tabib Kermani

Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Nafisi (Persian: میرزا علی‌اکبرخان نفیسی; March 12, 1847 – June 14, 1924),[1][2] known mononymously as Nazem al-Atebba (ناظم‌الاطباء, lit.'superintendent of physicians'), was an Iranian physician, scholar, and one of the most prominent doctors of the late Qajar period. He served as a personal physician to Mozaffar ad-Din Shah and was an influential figure in persuading the Shah to sign the Constitutional Decree of Iran.[3][4]

Nazem al-Atebba played a crucial role in establishing several European-style hospitals in Tehran and Mashhad. He was also one of the founders of the first assembly of experts for health, Majles-e Hefz-e Sehhat (مجلس حفظ‌الصحة; lit. Health Preservation Council) in Iranian history.[5][6]

He authored numerous medical works, and his most notable non-medical achievement is a comprehensive four-volume Persian lexicon, widely known as Farhang-e Nazem al-Atebba[7] or Farhang-e Nafisi.[8][9] He was also the father of the renowned scholar, Saeed Nafisi.[10]

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  3. ^ "درباره میرزا علی اکبر نفیسی". ایرنا (in Persian).
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  5. ^ Azizi, M H (2007). "The historical backgrounds of the ministry of health foundation in Iran". Archives of Iranian Medicine. 1 (10).
  6. ^ Motamedi, E. (2004). "ترویج علم: از انجمن معارف تا انجمن ترویج علم". Rahyaft (رهیافت) (33): 4–15.
  7. ^ فرهنگ ناظم‌الاطبا
  8. ^ فرهنگ نفیسی
  9. ^ Irandoust, S. "پیشگام آموزش نوین و فرهنگ نویسی در زبان پارسی". The Encyclopaedia Islamica.
  10. ^ Moini, R. (2020). "مروری بر زندگی و آثار اطبای شاخص خاندان نفیسی و بررسی نقش آنان در تاریخ پزشکی ایران از قرن 9 تا 14 قمری". Medical History (تاریخ پزشکی) (44): 52–71.