Qabus-nama

Seen here is the last page of a Qabus-nameh manuscript located in the library of The Malik National Museum of Iran, dated 1349.

Qabus-nama or Qabus-nameh (variations: Qabusnamah, Qabousnameh, Ghabousnameh, or Ghaboosnameh, in Persian: کاووس‌نامه or قابوس‌نامه, "Book of Kavus"), Mirror of Princes,[1] is a major work of Persian literature, from the eleventh century (c. 1080 AD).

It was written by Keikavus,[2] the Ziyarid ruler of parts of Tabaristan, and was dedicated to his son Gilanshah.

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

  1. ^ C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, (Columbia University Press, 1977), 35.
  2. ^ J.T.P. de Bruijn ,"KAYKĀVUS Amir ʿOnṣor-al-Maʿāli" in Encyclopædia Iranica [1]. Oneline Edition