Qabus nama

Qabus nama

from the eleventh century (circa 1080 A.D.).

It was written by Amir Unsur al-Mo'ali Keikavus ibn Iskandar ibn Qabus ibn Wushmgir ibn al-Ziyar, the Ziyarid ruler of Persia, also known as the Prince of Gurgan, and was dedicated to his son "Gilan-Shah".

The belles-lettres was written in 44 chapters and outlines princely education, manners, and conduct in ethical didactic prose.

Extant original copies

* The oldest copy, dated 1349, belongs to the library of Malik National Museum of Iran in Tehran.

* One of the earliest remaining copies of this work is the one translated into Turkish by a person named "Marjumak Ahmad ibn Ilias" by the orders of the Ottoman Sultan Murad II dated 1450. It is kept in the "Fatih Library" of Istanbul.

* The British Museum also keeps a copy of an early Turkish translation, dated 1456.

* Another copy, dated 1474, exists in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.

* An excellent copy is kept at the Leiden University library.

The Turkish version was then translated into German by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez as Buch des Kabus in 1811, and a source of inspiration for Goethe's West-%C3%B6stlicher_Diwan as he was in contact with von Diez.

The text was translated directly from Persian into English by Reuben Levy with the title: A Mirror for Princes in 1951. French, Japanese, Russian, and Arabic translations also followed.

Cultural References

This work is mentioned several times in Louis L'Amour's "The Walking Drum" as well as in Tariq Ali's "The Stone Woman".

ee also

*Persian Literature


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