The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri
- Subtitle
- A Persian treatise on falconry
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1. Front matter2. THE BĀZ-NĀMA-YI NĀṢIRĪ A PERSIAN TREATISE ON FALCONRY3. TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION4. THE “BĀZ-NĀMA-YI NĀṢIRĪ” A TREATISE ON FALCONRY DEDICATED TO NĀṢIRU ’D-DĪN SHĀH OF PERSIA In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate5. CHAPTER I ON THE SHORT-WINGED HAWKS USED IN FALCONRY6. CHAPTER II THE GOSHAWKS7. CHAPTER III THE SPARROW-HAWK8. CHAPTER IV THE PĪQŪ[72] SPARROW-HAWK9. CHAPTER V THE SHIKRA10. CHAPTER VI THE SERPENT EAGLE11. CHAPTER VII THE EAGLE OWL12. CHAPTER VIII OTHER SPECIES OF OWLS13. CHAPTER IX THE HARRIERS14. CHAPTER X THE LAMMERGEYER OR BEARDED VULTURE15. CHAPTER XI THE OSPREY[119]16. CHAPTER XII THE EAGLES[121] AND BUZZARDS[122]17. CHAPTER XIII KITES AND HARRIERS18. CHAPTER XIV THE VULTURES19. CHAPTER XV THE RAVEN20. CHAPTER XVI THE SHUNQĀR OR JERFALCON21. CHAPTER XVII THE SHĀHĪN[179]22. CHAPTER XVIII THE PEREGRINE (BAḤRĪ)23. CHAPTER XIX THE SAKER[196] FALCON (F. Cherrug)24. CHAPTER XX THE EYESS SAKER FALCON25. CHAPTER XXI STRANGE ARAB DEVICES FOR CATCHING THE PASSAGE SAKER26. CHAPTER XXII THE MERLIN27. CHAPTER XXIII THE HOBBY[273]28. CHAPTER XXIV THE SANGAK[278]29. CHAPTER XXV THE KESTRIL[283]30. CHAPTER XXVI THE SHRIKE31. CHAPTER XXVII MISCELLANEOUS NOTES32. CHAPTER XXVIII METHOD OF SNARING A WILD GOSHAWK WITH THE AID OF A LAMP33. CHAPTER XXIX TRAINING THE T̤ARLĀN OR PASSAGE GOSHAWK34. CHAPTER XXX “RECLAIMING”[400] THE PASSAGE SAKER35. CHAPTER XXXI ANECDOTES OF A BAGHDAD FALCONER36. CHAPTER XXXII TRAINING THE PASSAGE SAKER TO GAZELLE[426]37. CHAPTER XXXIII TRAINING THE EYESS SAKER TO EAGLES [461]38. CHAPTER XXXIV EYESS SAKER AND GAZELLE[491]39. CHAPTER XXXV ANOTHER METHOD OF TRAINING THE EYESS AND PASSAGE SAKERS TO GAZELLE40. CHAPTER XXXVI TRAINING THE “SHĀHĪN”[539]41. CHAPTER XXXVII TRAINING THE PASSAGE SAKER TO COMMON HERON[580]42. CHAPTER XXXVIII TRAINING THE PASSAGE SAKER TO COMMON CRANE43. CHAPTER XXXIX ON MANAGEMENT DURING THE MOULT44. CHAPTER XL REMEDIES FOR SLOW MOULTING45. CHAPTER XLI ON FEEDING ON JERBOAS DURING THE MOULT46. CHAPTER XLII ON FEELING THE PULSE, AND ON THE SIGNS OF HEALTH47. CHAPTER XLIII ON DISEASES OF THE HEAD AND EYES48. CHAPTER XLIV ON DISEASES OF THE MOUTH49. CHAPTER XLV DISEASES OF THE NOSE50. CHAPTER XLVI ON DISEASES OF THE EAR51. CHAPTER XLVII ON EPILEPSY52. CHAPTER XLVIII ON PALPITATION[682]53. CHAPTER XLIX THE SICKNESS CALLED KARAJ,[693] WHICH IS COSTIVENESS54. CHAPTER L HECTIC FEVER OR PHTHISIS[698]55. CHAPTER LI ON CANKER OF THE FEATHERS[704]56. CHAPTER LII LICE[715]57. CHAPTER LIII WORMS58. CHAPTER LIV HEAT-STROKE[723]59. CHAPTER LV PALSY, ETC.60. CHAPTER LVI DISEASES OF THE FEET[731] THE “PINNE”[732] IN THE FEET61. CHAPTER LVII ON PARALYSIS OF A TOE62. CHAPTER LVIII FEATHERS PLUCKED OUT BY THE ROOT63. CHAPTER LIX OPERATION OF OPENING THE STOMACH.[760]64. CHAPTER LX ON THE NUMBER OF FEATHERS IN THE WING AND TAIL65. CHAPTER LXI COUNSELS AND ADMONITIONS[771]66. CHAPTER LXII ACCIDENTAL IMMERSION DURING WINTER67. CHAPTER LXIII EXPEDIENT IF MEAT FAIL68. CHAPTER LXIV RESTORATION AFTER DROWNING69. CHAPTER LXV SAGE ADVICE70. CHAPTER LXVI CURE FOR THE VICE OF “SOARING”71. CHAPTER LXVII ON BRANDING THE NOSTRILS BEFORE SETTING DOWN TO MOULT72. CHAPTER LXVIII A HAWK NOT TO BE FED WHEN “BLOWN”73. CHAPTER LXIX MISCELLANEOUS NOTES