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Delights from the Garden of Eden
Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

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  • Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi (d. 1024). Al-Risala al-Baghdadiyya, edited by ‘Abboud al-Shalji. Cologne: Al-Kamel Verlag, 1997.
  • Adeeb, Nazeeha, and Firdos al-Mukhtar. Daleel al-Tabkh wa ‘l-Taghdhiya. Baghdad: Maktabat al-Muthanna, 1971.
  • Anwa’ al-Saydala fi Alwan al-At’ima (13th century anonymous), edited by ‘Abd al-Ghani Abu al-‘Azm. Al-Dar al-Baydha’: Matba’at al-Najah al-Jadida, 2003.
  • Badi’ al-Zaman al-Hamadani (d. 1007). Al-Maqamat, edited by Muhammad Yahya al-Deen ‘Abd al-Hameed. Cairo: Matba’at al-Madani, 1962.
  • al-Baghdadi, ‘Abbas. Baghdad fi’l-‘Ishreenat. Beirut: Al-Mu’assasa al-‘Arabiyya l’il-Dirasat wa’l-Nashr, 1999.
  • al-Baghdadi, Ibn al-Kareem al-Katib (d. 1240). Kitab al-Tabeekh, edited by Daoud al-Chalabi, 1934. Reprint edition by Fakhri al-Baroudi. Beirut: Dar al-Kitab al-Jadeed, 1964. [N.B. The translated citations of al-Baghdadi in the text are all taken from A. J. Arberry (1939), which is listed under ‘Arabic sources in English translation.’]
  • al-Baghdadi, Ibn al-Kareem al-Katib. Kitab al-Tabeekh, copied to the order of the Ottoman Sultan Muhammad bin Khan bin Murad Khan, known as al-Fatih, also as Mahomet II in early modern Europe (d. 1481). MS in British Library, no. OR. 5099.
  • al-Baghdadi, Ibn al-Kareem al-Katib. Kitab Wasf al-At’ima al-Mu’tada (augmented version of Kitab al-Tabeekh). 1914 MS, Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Qawmiyya, no. Taimur Sina’a 11, originally copied from 14th-century MS now in Topkapu Saray Humayuni.
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  • Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 1201). Al-Tibb al-Ruhani (The Book of Anecdotes and Spiritual Medicine), edited by Abu Hajir al-Ibyani. Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 1986.
  • Ibn Jazla, Yahya bin ‘Isa al-Baghdadi (d. 1100). Minhaj al-Bayan fima Yasta’miluhu al-Insan. 13th-century MS. British Library, no. ADD 5934.
  • Ibn al-Mubarrid (d. 1490). ‘Kitab al-Tibakha,’ edited by Habeeb Zayyat. Al-Mashriq 35,1937: 370–6.
  • Ibn Wahshiyya, Abu Bakr al-Kisdani (10th century). Al-Filaha al-Nabatiyya, edited by Tawfeeq Fahd. 3 vols. Damascus: Al-Ma’had al-‘Ilmi al-Faransi li‘l-Dirasat al-‘Arabiyya, 1995.
  • Ibn Zuhr, Abu Marwan ‘Abd al-Malik (d. 1162). Kitab al-Aghdhiya, edited Arabic text and Spanish translation by Expiracion Garcia. Madrid: Al-Majlis al-A’la li‘l-Abhath al-‘Ilmiyya, 1992.
  • al-Isra’ili, Ishaq bin Sulayman (d. 932). Kitab al-Aghdhiya. 4 vols. Facsimile of MS Faatih nos. 3604–07 in Sulaymaniyya Library, Istanbul. Frankfurt: Frankfurt University Press, 1986.
  • al-Jahiz, Abu ‘Uthman (d. 869). Al-Bukhala’. Cairo: Dar al-Ma’arif, 1963.
  • Kanz al-Fawa’id fi Tanwee’ al-Mawa’id (14th century anonymous), edited by Manuela Marin and David Waines. Beirut: Franz Steiner Stuttgart, 1993.
  • Mahdi, Muhsen (ed.). Kitab Alf Layla wa Layla. Leiden: Brill, 1984.
  • al-Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Zakariyya (d. 923). Manafi’ al-Aghdhiya wa Daf’ Madharriha. Beirut: Dar Ihya’ al-‘Uloum, 1982.
  • al-Tujeebi, Ibn Razeen (13th century). Fidhalat al-Khiwan fi Tayyibat al-Ta’am wa ‘l-Alwan, edited by Muhammad bin Shaqroun. 2nd edn. Beirut: Dar al-Gharb al-Islami, 1984.
  • al-Warraq, Abu Muhammad al-Muzaffar Ibn Nasr Ibn Sayyar (10th century). Kitab al-Tabeekh, edited by Kaj Öhrnberg and Sahban Mroueh. Studia Orientalia 60. Helsinki: The Finnish Oriental Society, 1987.
  • al-Warraq, Abu Muhammad al-Muzaffar Ibn Nasr Ibn Sayyar. Kitab al-Wusla ila ‘l-Habeeb li Yughtana bihi ‘an Jahd al-Tabeeb / Kitab al-Tabayikh (adapted and augmented version). 1297 MS in Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayi, Library of Ahmed III, signum 7322 A. 2143.
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