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The Sultan's Feast

A Fifteenth-Century Cookbook

By: Ibn Mubārak Shāh

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The Sultan's Feast

A Fifteenth-Century Cookbook

By: Ibn Mubārak Shāh

The Arabic culinary tradition burst onto the scene in the middle of the tenth century, when al-Warrāq compiled a culinary treatise titled al-Kitab al-Tabikh (The Book of Dishes) containing over 600 recipes. It would take another three and half centuries for cookery books to be produced in the European continent. Until then, gastronomic writing remained the sole preserve of the Arab-Muslim world, with cooking manuals and recipe books being written from Baghdad, Aleppo and Egypt in the East, to Muslim Spain, Morocco and Tunisia in the West. A total of nine complete cookery books have survived from this time, containing nearly three thousand recipes. First published in the fifteenth century, The Sultan's Feast by the Egyptian Ibn Mubārak Shāh features more than 330 recipes, from bread-making and savoury stews, to sweets, pickling and aromatics, as well as tips on a range of topics. This culinary treatise reveals the history of gastronomy in Arab culture. Available in English for the first time, this critical bilingual volume offers a unique insight into the world of medieval Arabic gastronomic writing.

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Saqi Books

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0863561810

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9780863561818

The Exile's Cookbook

Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa

By: Ibn Razīn Al-Tujībī Al-Tujībī

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The Exile's Cookbook

Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa

By: Ibn Razīn Al-Tujībī Al-Tujībī

Of the many books written by thirteenth-century Muslim-Andalusian scholar Ibn Razīn al-Tujībī, only his cookbook survives. This unique collection was compiled from al-Tujībī's new home in Tunis, having fled Murcia following the Christian reconquest of Spain, and reflects his rich multicultural Andalusi heritage. The Exile's Cookbook brings together 480 recipes, including roasts and stews, breads, condiments, preserves, sweetmeats, and even hand-washing soaps. It offers a fascinating insight into the cuisine of Muslim Spain and North Africa in the period – its regional characteristics and historical antecedents, but also its links to culinary traditions in other parts of the Muslim world. This elegant translation by Daniel L. Newman is based on all the manuscripts of the text that are known to have survived. It is accompanied by an introduction and extensive notes contextualising the recipes, ingredients, tableware and cooking practices.

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Saqi Books

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0863569978

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9780863569975

The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 12

The Battle of al-Qādisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine A.D. 635-637/A.H. 14-15

By: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī

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The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 12

The Battle of al-Qādisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine A.D. 635-637/A.H. 14-15

By: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī

The present volume of the History of al-Ṭabarī deals with the years 14 and 15 of the Islamic era, which correspond to A.D. 635-637. The nascent Islamic state had just emerged victorious from the crisis that followed the Prophet's death in 632 and had suppressed what was known as the riddah ("apostasy") rebellion in the Arabian peninsula. Under the leadership of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the second caliph, or successor to the Prophet Muhammad, the Muslims embarked on the conquests that would soon transform the whole of the Middle East and North Africa into an Arab empire. Most of the present volume describes the battle of al-Qādisiyyah, which took place on the border between the fertile Iraqi lowlands (al-sawad) and the Arabian desert and resulted in the decisive defeat of the Persian army. The Muslim victory at al-Qādisiyyah heralded the downfall of the Sasanian dynasty, which had ruled Persia and Mesopotamia since A.D., the third century; it also paved the way for the conquest of Iraq and facilitated Islamic expansion in Persia and beyond. The volume also deals with the conquest of Syria and Palestine and the Expulsion of the Byzantines from those regions. Particular attention is devoted to the traditions related to the conquest of Jerusalem at the hands of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the first Muslim prayer on the Temple Mount, and its transformation into an Islamic sanctuary. The volume contains colorful descriptions of the various battles, expatiations on the bravery of the Muslim warriors, and portrayals of the futile negotiations between the parties before the beginning of hostilities. It thus provides the reader with a fascinating insight into the later Muslim traditions related to those crucial events of early Islamic history.

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264

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SUNY Press

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0791407330

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9780791407332

Ayeen Akbery

By: Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak

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Ayeen Akbery

By: Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak

Published in 1800, the two-volume English translation of a sixteenth-century Persian document on the workings of the Mughal Empire.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108067107

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9781108067102

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The Sultan's Feast

The Sultan's Feast

The Exile's Cookbook

The Exile's Cookbook

The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 12

The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 12

Ayeen Akbery

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