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Risālah-ʼi Khiradʹnāmah-ʼi Amīrī

Title	Risālah-ʼi Khiradʹnāmah-ʼi Amīrī
Publication Date:	1888
Subject	Afghanistan, Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
Type	belge
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Harvard Library
Library Asset ID	LCCN: 2002341378
Record ID	TN_cdi_loca_primary_2002341378
Library Location	ONLINE ACCESS
Date	1888
Notes	Poems written in praise of ʻAbdurraḥmān K̲h̲ān̲, the Amir of Afghanistan. Risālah-ʼi Khiradʹnāmah-ʼi Amīrī (Epistle of princely wisdom) is a short work written in the form of a commentary on what apparently are the musings of the Afghan ruler 'Abd al-Rahman Khan (reigned 1880-1901) on the topic of 'aql (intellect). 'Abd al-Rahman's observations concern both the variability in the allocation of reason and intellect in humanity, as well as the divine reasons for this unequal distribution. 'Abd al-Rahman ends his short treatise with the declaration that regardless of any particular individual's intellectual gifts, there exist in each period true sages whose authority should be recognized by all. The author of the commentary, ʻAbd al-Ra'uf (died 1915), includes the hadiths and other Arabic sources, as well as poems in Persian in his somewhat ingratiating and lengthy commentary. 'Abd al-Rahman's original text, which amounts to no more than two pages, is highlighted in red ink, while ʻAbd al-Ra'uf's commentary is presented in black. The book was completed in Muharram 1304 AH (October-November 1886) and is in manuscript form. The text is written on a light-cream paper in a nasta'liq script with black ink. Some of the poems are in red ink. World Digital Library.
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Risālah-ʼi Khiradʹnāmah-ʼi Amīrī

Publication Date 1888

Subject Afghanistan, Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)

Type belge

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Harvard Library

Library Asset ID LCCN: 2002341378

Record ID TN_cdi_loca_primary_2002341378

Library Location ONLINE ACCESS

Date 1888

Notes Poems written in praise of ʻAbdurraḥmān K̲h̲ān̲, the Amir of Afghanistan. Risālah-ʼi Khiradʹnāmah-ʼi Amīrī (Epistle of princely wisdom) is a short work written in the form of a commentary on what apparently are the musings of the Afghan ruler 'Abd al-Rahman Khan (reigned 1880-1901) on the topic of 'aql (intellect). 'Abd al-Rahman's observations concern both the variability in the allocation of reason and intellect in humanity, as well as the divine reasons for this unequal distribution. 'Abd al-Rahman ends his short treatise with the declaration that regardless of any particular individual's intellectual gifts, there exist in each period true sages whose authority should be recognized by all. The author of the commentary, ʻAbd al-Ra'uf (died 1915), includes the hadiths and other Arabic sources, as well as poems in Persian in his somewhat ingratiating and lengthy commentary. 'Abd al-Rahman's original text, which amounts to no more than two pages, is highlighted in red ink, while ʻAbd al-Ra'uf's commentary is presented in black. The book was completed in Muharram 1304 AH (October-November 1886) and is in manuscript form. The text is written on a light-cream paper in a nasta'liq script with black ink. Some of the poems are in red ink. World Digital Library.

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