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The Sultan's Sex Potions: Arab Aphrodisiacs in the Middle Ages

The Sultan's Sex Potions: Arab Aphrodisiacs in the Middle Ages - Paperback

by Naṣī Al-Ṭūsī
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Availability:In StockContributor:Naṣī Al-Ṭūsī, Daniel L. Newman (Editor), Daniel L. Newman (Translator)Publish date:2/10/2026Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Saqi BooksISBN-13:9781849250757ISBN-10:1849250758UPC:9781849250757Book Category:Literary Collections, Self-Help, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Sexual Instruction, SexualitySize:8.40 x 5.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCMY13ANT7

Arabic erotic literature has a long and rich history going back as far as the ninth century. Far from being the pursuit of prurient pornographers, eroticism and sexuality received considerable attention from scholars.

Written by leading thirteenth-century scientist Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, The Sultan's Sex Potions is part of a group of works devoted to aphrodisiacs as well as sexual practices and positions. Sober and measured in tone, the treatise was intended as a manual for self-healing. It was composed at the request of the ruler and so its potions, electuaries, syrups and enemas enjoyed a 'royal warrant of appointment' to arouse the lust for coitus and enhance sexual potency.

This volume includes a critical edition of three Arabic manuscripts (Berlin, Cairo and Glasgow), accompanied by an English translation as well as an introduction to Arabic erotic literature, a biography of the author, a bibliography of erotological works and extensive indexes.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Saqi BooksISBN-13:9781849250757ISBN-10:1849250758UPC:9781849250757Book Category:Literary Collections, Self-Help, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Sexual Instruction, SexualitySize:8.40 x 5.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCMY13ANT7
A Persian polymath, Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1201- 1274) produced an oeuvre in excess of 150 works in both Arabic and Persian, covering a large number of fields including mathematics, geometry, mineralogy, astronomy, medicine, philosophy and theology. He also re-edited and wrote commentaries on Greek and Arabic mathematical works, which became crucial resources in the spread of the Greek sciences in the Muslim world. The historian Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) considered al-Ṭūsī to be the greatest of Muslim scholars.

Daniel L. Newman holds the Chair of Arabic Studies at the University of Durham, UK. His publications include An Imam in Paris: Account of a Stay in France by An Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831), The Sultan's Feast: A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook and The Exile's Cookbook: Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa. In addition to his academic work, Newman shares his passion for recreating medieval Arab dishes on his blog (www.eatlikeasultan.com) and Instagram account (@medieval_arab_cooking).



Publisher: Saqi Books

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2nd Edition

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Naṣī Al-Ṭūsī, Daniel L. Newman (Editor), Daniel L. Newman (Translator)

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Naṣī Al-Ṭūsī

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