Book Description

This special re-print edition of the English translation of Husam al-Dawlah Timur Mirza's book "The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri: A Persian Treatise on Falconry" has not been available to fans of falconry since it first appeared on the scene back in 1906. Husam al-Dawlah Timur Mirza famous work on falconry was originally published in 1285. Put up in Tehran and published in Persian, early devotees of falconry demanded reprints of this book for centuries, but their cries for the information contained in it went unheard until Douglas Craven Phillott of London finally translated the work into English and it was subsequently published in 1906. Copies of the translation were limited to only 500 copies and over a century later, the few surviving copies of the book are known to sell for as 2,500 British Sterling (over $3000 USD). The demand for this rare book has brought forth this much needed reprint of this famous classic falconry work. The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri: A Persian Treatise on Falconry will shed considerable light on the history of the management of hawks and falcons for the sport of falconry, including age old techniques once used by early Persian falconers. Note: This public domain edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background. This edition is reprinted in accordance to Federal Law."