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Counsel for Kings: Wisdom and Politics in TenthCentury Iran: Volume II: The Na?i?at almuluk of PseudoMawardi: Texts, Sources ,Used
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Mirrors for princes form a substantial and important genre in many premodern literatures. Their ostensible purpose is to advise the king; at the same time they assert that the king, if he is truly virtuous, will appreciate being reminded of the contingency of his power. The unknown author of the Counsel for Kings studied in this book wrote in a distinctive early tenthcentury Iranian environment. He deploys an abundant set of cultural materials representing perennial wisdom of mixed provenances, which he reinvigorates by applying them to the circumstances of his own time and place.The first volume situates Counsel for Kings in its historical context. The second volume gives direct access to a substantial portion of the text through translation and commentary.
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