The Niʻmatnāma manuscript of the sultans of Mandu : the Sultan's book of delights
by
Titley, Norah M.
Title
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The Niʻmatnāma manuscript of the sultans of Mandu : the Sultan's book of delights
Niʻmatnāmah-yi Nāṣiruddīn Shāhī. English & Urdu.
RoutledgeCurzon studies in South Asia
Niʻmatnāmah-yi Nāṣiruddīn Shāhī
Ni'matnamah-yi Nasiruddin Shahi
RoutledgeCurzon studies in South Asia.
Author
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Titley, Norah M.
ISBN
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9780415350594
Uniform Title
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Niʻmatnāmah-yi Nāṣiruddīn Shāhī. English & Urdu.
Publication Information
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London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005.
Physical Description
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xx, 121 pages, [516] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Series
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RoutledgeCurzon studies in South Asia
RoutledgeCurzon studies in South Asia.
Abstract
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"The Ni'matnama is a late fifteenth-century book of the recipes of the eccentric Sultan of Mandu (Madhya Pradesh), Ghiyath Shahi, collected and added to by his son and successor, Nasir Shah. It contains recipes for cooking a variety of delicacies and epicurean delights, as well as providing remedies and aphrodisiacs for the Sultan and his court. It also includes important sections on the preparation of betel leaves as well as advice on the logistics of hunting expeditions and warfare. The text provides a unique and tantalising account of rarified courtly life in a fifteenth-century Indian Sultanate region."
"There is only one known copy of the Sultan's Book of Delights in existence and it is held in the Oriental and India Office Collections of the British Library (BL. Persian 149). The manuscript is illustrated with fifty elegant miniature paintings, most of which show the Sultan, Ghiyath Shahi, observing the women of his court as they prepare and serve him various dishes. The book is fascinating in that the text documents a remarkable stage in the history of Indian cookery whilst the miniatures demonstrate the influence of imported Persian artists on the style of the Indian artists employed in Ghiyath Shahi's academy."--Jacket.
Corporate Subject
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British Library Oriental and India Office Collections.
British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections.
Title Subject
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Niʻmatnāmah-yi Nāṣiruddīn Shāhī
Ni'matnamah-yi Nasiruddin Shahi -- Illustrations.
Subject Term
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Cookery -- India -- Mandu -- Early works to 1800.
Geographic Term
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India. (DNLM)D007194
Māndu (India) -- Court and courtiers -- Food -- Early works to 1800.
Sultans in art -- Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Urdu -- India -- Mandu -- Facsimiles.
aIllumination of books and manuscripts, Indic -- India -- Mandu -- Early works to 1800.
Added Author
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Titley, Norah M.
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112) and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 10703421 TX724.5 I4 N46 ysh
Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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NPM Library | TX724.5 I4 N46 2005 | 10703421 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |