Volume 1

The zoological section of the Nuzhatu-l-qulūb of Ḥamdullāh al-Mustaufī al-Qazwīnī / edited, translated, and annotated by Lieut.-Colonel J. Stephenson.

  • Ḥamd Allāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī, active 1330-1340.
Date:
1928
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The zoological section of the Nuzhatu-l-qulūb of Ḥamdullāh al-Mustaufī al-Qazwīnī / edited, translated, and annotated by Lieut.-Colonel J. Stephenson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGE Introduction ........ ix The Place of the Nuzhat in the History of Zoology . ix The Nuzhatu-l-Qulub in Relation to Medicine . . xiv Manuscripts, etc. . . . . xvi The Nuzhatu-l-Qulub— Concerning Animals ...... I I. Concerning Terrestrial Animals ... 2 1. Concerning Domestic Animals ... 2 2. Concerning Wild. Animals . . .10 3. Concerning Beasts of Prey. . . .27 4. Concerning Poisonous Animals and Creeping Things . . . . .35 5. Concerning those Animals, certain of whose members resemble Man . . .48 II. Concerning Aquatic Animals . . .51 III. Concerning the Animals of the Air . . .62