Sheikh Nefzaoui
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Mohamed Al-Nefzaoui | |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 15th century |
| Notable work | The Perfumed Garden |
| Style | Erotic literature |
Cheikh Mohamed Al-Nefzaoui was a 15th century Arabic language erotic writer who originates from the Nefzaoua Berber tribe in the Nefzaoua region.[1]
The Perfumed Garden
[edit]Around the 1420s, at the request of the Hafsid sultan, he writes The Perfumed Garden, a manual on eroticism. This book enjoys a reputation in the Muslim world comparable to that of One Thousand and One Nights.
References
[edit]- ↑ Sylvette Larzul; Guy Barthèlemy; Dominique Casajus; Mercedes Volait (2016). L'orientalisme après la Querelle : dans les pas de François Pouillon (in French). Karthala. pp. 109–127. ISBN 978-2811117092.