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Sidelights on Muslim History
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
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A ‘Mirror for magistrates’ entitled ‘The manners of kings and advice to them’ (adab al-mulūk'iḥhum) precedes in MS Or. 9446 of the British Museum the suḥbat al-mulūk (commonly called kitāb al-tāj) which is ascribed to Jāḥiຓ. As the former names Saladin, the ascription to Jāḥiຓ, if meant to apply to it, is wrong. Each section begins with a line or two, ‘The prudent king will do this, will not do that’, followed by one or more examples from history.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , October 1958 , pp. 464 - 471
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- Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1958
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page 465 note 1 Professor Lambton kindly called my attention to akhbār al-dawla al-saljūqiya.
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