Or 6694 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Two ethical works composed during the reign of ʻAbdullāh Quṭb Shāh, Sultan of Golkunda, 1614-1672

Contents

2 works by Unknown on the subject of Islamic ethics

1. ff 1v-185v
Author: Unknown
Title: Risālah-‘i naṣā’iḥ-i ḥukamā’
Title: رسالۀ نصائح حکماء

A general treatise on ethics and manners, etc.

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 12.
Language(s): Persian
2. ff 186r-265v
Author: Unknown
Title: Akhlāq-i pādshāhī
Title: اخلاق پادشاهی

A treatise on ethics composed in 1055

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 13.
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 265 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 15.8 cm.

History

Origin: Anatolia; 17th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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