Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq

Abū Muḥammad al-Muẓaffar ibn Naṣr ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq (

The Kitāb al-Ṭabīkh is the oldest surviving Arabic cookbook, written by al-Warraq in the 10th century. It is compiled from the recipes of the 8th and 9th century courts of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad. Some scholars speculate that al-Warraq may have prepared the manuscript on behalf of a patron, the Hamdanid prince Sayf al-Dawla, who sought to improve the cultural prestige of his own court in Aleppo as the court in Baghdad had started to decline.^[3]

Some recipes in the book, like

Several partial or full translations in European languages are available:

• Nawal Nasrallah, annotated translation^[4]
• Lilia Zaouali, selection of two dozen recipes^[3]
• Sabrina Favaro's Italian translation^[5]
• David Waines, selection of recipes^[6]

See also

• Muhammad bin Hasan al-Baghdadi, author of a 13th-century Arabic cookbook by the same name

References

1. ^ Urtatim. "Kitab al-Tabih". Good Reads. Goodreads Inc. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
2. ^ "كنز من كنوز الحضارة الاسلامية يعود للحياة من جديد". Al Basrah Network. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Zaouali, Lilia (2007). Medieval Cuisine of the Islamic World. University of California Press.
4. ISBN 90-04-15867-7
5. ISBN 8878015016
6. ISBN 1869844602

Further reading

• Kaj Öhrnberg and Sahban Mroueh, eds., Kitab al-tabikh Studia orientalia 60, Finnish Oriental Society, 1987.
  ISBN 951-9380-04-3
• Charles Perry, "Cooking with the Caliphs", Saudi Aramco World 57:4 (July/August 2006) full text

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