Details

Subject(s)

• Medicine, Arab [Browse]
• Aphrodisiacs—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Sex customs—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Summary note

A health manual written for Abū Muẓaffar Khān, son of the sultan of Qazan; the first nine chapters deal with various restorative and curative medicines, while the other chapters are concerned with sexual intercourse and aphrodisiaca. Fol. 1-30a, 98b-100b contain poems and recipes.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 31b.
• Physical description of main text: 19 lines per page; written in naskhi script in black on white European glazed, laid paper. Rubrication and catchwords; some marginal notes. Text is on fol. 30b-98b.

Binding note

Soft leather binding with marbled endpapers.

Language note

Turkish in Arabic script.

Source acquisition

2001.

Other title(s)

• Bahname-yi padişahî
• باهنامه پادشاهى

OCLC

537819030

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