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Bedouin views and pleasure homes

Name: Bedouin views and pleasure homes
Author: علي بن عبد الله الغزولي البهائي الدمشقي (المتوفى: 815هـ)

مطالع البدور ومنازل السرور

Author: علي بن عبد الله الغزولي البهائي الدمشقي (المتوفى: 815هـ) (d. 815)

About this work

هذا الكتاب "مطالع البدور ومنازل السرور" للغزولي يتناول موضوعات الأدب والبلاغة من خلال دراسة فن البناء والديكور الداخلي، معتمداً على تحليل المباني وأجزائها وعناصرها الداخلية، ومتضمنًا نصائح وأفكارًا حول اختيار المكان المناسب للبناء، وترتيب الغرف والديكورات الداخلية، وآداب الجوار، وحسن الاستقبال، وتنظيم الأطعمة والمشروبات، وغيرها من المواضيع المتعلقة بالحياة الاجتماعية والثقافية في ذلك الزمان.

Translation

This book, “The Rise of Bedours and Houses of Pleasure” by Al-Ghazouli, deals with topics of literature and rhetoric through studying the art of building and interior decoration, based on the analysis of buildings, their parts, and internal elements, and includes advice and ideas about choosing the appropriate place for building, arranging rooms and interior decorations, neighborly etiquette, good reception, organizing food and drinks, and other topics related to social and cultural life at that time.

Topics covered

The first chapter is about choosing the place for the building
The fourth chapter in the section
Chapter Five: Condemning the hijab
Chapter Six: The servant and the vestibule
Chapter Eight: On the nightshade and its arrangement
Chapter Nine: On the breeze and the gentleness of its blowing
Chapter Ten: Mattresses, cushions, and sofas
Chapter Twelve on hearing birds
Chapter Fourteen: The candle, the lantern, and the lamp
Chapter fifteen on vegetables and winds
Chapter sixteen on kindergartens and orchards
Chapter seventeen on the vessels of palm
Chapter Eighteen: What brings joy
Chapter nineteen is about the friend and the friend
Chapter Twenty: Concerning the people of bliss
Chapter Twenty-One on the Glorious Poets
Chapter Twenty-Two on skilled singers
Chapter twenty-three on boys
Chapter twenty-five in the ba
Chapter twenty-six on pigeons and what its significance is
Chapter twenty-seven: On fire, the cooker, and pots
Chapter twenty-eight on fish, meat and carrots
Chapter Thirty-One on Al-Wakirah and Desirable Foods
Chapter Thirty-Two: On water and what happens in its course
Chapter Thirty-Three: Drinks and sweets

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