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Hookah (boiling)
(نرجيلة غليان)

Title	Hookah (boiling)
Title Original	نرجيلة غليان
Publication Date:	Late thirteenth century AH / late nineteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Subject	Gold and silver: enamelled with wood
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الأبعاد الكلية : 23.2 × 14.9 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	44.4a–b
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus22;9;ar
Library Location	Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Date	Late thirteenth century AH / late nineteenth century AD
Notes	Tobacco was introduced to the Islamic world from the American colonies along with coffee and tea, which became a popular form of social refreshment. In Iran, beautiful hookahs like the one shown here are made of precious materials and painted with enamel in many colors to increase the pleasure of smoking. The tobacco was placed in the hookah bowl and the water at the base cooled the smoke before inhaling it.
Sample Text	"Hookah (Boiling)" in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;9;ar

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Hookah (boiling)

(نرجيلة غليان)

Publication Date Late thirteenth century AH / late nineteenth century AD

Publication Place - Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Subject Gold and silver: enamelled with wood

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الأبعاد الكلية : 23.2 × 14.9 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 44.4a–b

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus22;9;ar

Library Location Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Date Late thirteenth century AH / late nineteenth century AD

Notes Tobacco was introduced to the Islamic world from the American colonies along with coffee and tea, which became a popular form of social refreshment. In Iran, beautiful hookahs like the one shown here are made of precious materials and painted with enamel in many colors to increase the pleasure of smoking. The tobacco was placed in the hookah bowl and the water at the base cooled the smoke before inhaling it.

Sample Text "Hookah (Boiling)" in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;9;ar