Author
Ikhtiyār al-Dīn ibn Ghiyāth al-Dīn, -1521 or 1522.
Akhtar al-Din bin Ghiyath al-Din.
Subject
Islamic ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Political ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Political science -- Early works to 1800.
Education of princes.
Islamic ethics.
Kings and rulers.
Political ethics.
Political science.
Education of princes -- Early works to 1800.
Islamic Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800.
Islamic Empire.
Early works.
Type
Other
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
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Library
University of Chicago
Record ID
8122691
Notes
Date of work: 16th century (commenced 912 [1506]; dedicated to Babur, Timurid prince, later Emperor of Hindustan (1483-1530)--fol 4v; Blochet, Catalog des manuscripts persans de la Bibliothèque nationale, 767.Date of manuscript: 1182 [1768]--fol. 41v."In the preface...Ikhtiyar el-Hosaïni declares that it was at the request of several of his friends that he undertook, in the year 912 AH, to write a work dealing with the conduct of sovereigns, and that he limited himself to summarizing the books which had already been composed on this subject, the Kitab el-taharet of Abou Ali Miskavaïh...the Akhlaq-i Nasiri of Nasir ed-Din el-Tousi...and the Kanoun el-siasset...The largest part of this political treatise is formed from an abridgement of the Kitab el-taharet and the Kanoun el-siasset...it is divided into 3 books [qānūn] subdivided into chapters [qāʻidah]; the first deals with moral improvement, the second, financial administration, and the third, with the way in which the sovereign must behave towards his sujels."--Blochet, Catalog of Persian manuscripts of the National Library, 767.Electronic reproduction. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, [2010?]In Persian.. 1 manuscript.
Diğer yazarlar / katkıda bulunanlar
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Suppl. pers. 266.
