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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