Umar Ibn Muhammad Nafzawi

Al-Rawd Al-Atir Fi Nuzhat Al-Hatir Umar Ibn Muhammad Nafzawi Arabic edition

Al-rawd al-atir fi nuzhat al-hatir (The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight ) by Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi is a fifteenth-century Arabic sex manual and work of erotic literature. The book presents opinions on what qualities men and women should have to be attractive, gives advice on sexual technique, warnings about sexual health, and recipes to remedy sexual maladies. It gives lists of names for the penis and vagina, 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.