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BL
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992769
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b747139
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Niʻmatnāmah-yi Nāṣiruddīn Shāhī.English & Urdu.
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| Title & Author
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The Niʻmatnāma manuscript of the sultans of Mandu : : the Sultan's book of delights /\ translated by Norah M. Titley.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: RoutledgeCurzon,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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RoutledgeCurzon studies in South Asia
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| Page. NO
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xx, 121 pages, [516] pages of plates :: illustrations (some color) ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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041535059X
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: 9780415350594
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112) and index.
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| 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."
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"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.
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British Library.
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British Library.
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Cooking-- India-- Māndu, Early works to 1800.
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic-- India-- Māndu, Early works to 1800.
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Manuscripts, Urdu-- India-- Māndu, Facsimiles.
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Sultans in art, Early works to 1800.
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Cooking.
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Courts and courtiers-- Food.
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic.
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Malerei.
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Manuscripts, Urdu.
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Sultans in art.
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Niʻmatnāmah-yi Nāṣiruddīn Shāhī
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Niʻmatnāmah-yi Nāṣiruddīn Shāhī.
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Māndu (India), Court and courtiers, Food, Early works to 1800.
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India, Māndu.
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Indien.
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| Dewey Classification
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641.5/9543
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| LC Classification
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TX724.5.I4N46 2005
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| Added Entry
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Titley, Norah M.
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