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The Pand-Nāmah of Subuktigīn
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2021
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The Pand-Nāmah or the “Counsel” of Subuktigīn to his son Maḥmūd is the earliest work of its kind in the Persian language. It not only formulates some important principles of administration, but also furnishes valuable information about an obscure period of history, viz. the early life of Subuktigīn and the origin of his family.
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page 605 note 1 These events axe given in detail by al-'Utbi in his Kitābu'l-Yamīnī (Lahore ed.), pp. 17-19.
page 621 note 1 According to Kitābu'l-Yamïnï of al-'Utbï, Subuktigin took Abu'l-Fath of Bust into his service after the conquest of Bust. The Pand-Namah therefore could not have been dictated to him.
page 621 note 2 i.e. one who reads Persian.
page 621 note 3 Buruskhăn (or Parskhăn) is the Barsinjān or Bam-sinjān, son of Yazdagird (the last Sāsānid monarch of Persia), of the Tabaqāt-i-Nāsirï, Raverty's translation, p. 70.
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