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 Cover of The Perfumed Garden | |
| Author | Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi |
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| Original title | الروض العاطر في نزهة الخاطر |
| Translator | Sir Richard Francis Burton (first English translation) |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Erotic literature |
| Published | 15th century |
| Publication place | Tunisia |
Published in English | 1886 |
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| Pages | 82 (Kegan Paul International edition) |
| ISBN | 0-7103-0644-X (Kegan Paul International edition) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
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The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight (Arabic: الروض العاطر في نزهة الخاطر Al-rawḍ al-ʿāṭir fī nuzhaẗ al-ḫāṭir), also known as the Arabic Kama Sutra,[1] is a fifteenth-century Arabic sex manual and work of erotic literature by Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nefzawi, also known simply as "Nefzawi". It has been compared to the ancient Indian Kama Sutra.[2]
The book presents opinions on what qualities men and women should have to be attractive and gives advice on sexual technique, warnings about sexual health, and recipes to remedy sexual maladies. It gives lists of names for the penis and vulva, has a section on the interpretation of dreams, and briefly describes sex among animals. Interspersed with these there are a number of stories which are intended to give context and amusement.