Works

Every work of the authors in the library’s orbit, in the reader or not: who wrote it, when, how it survives, where it can be read, and how it connects to other works. 82 so far. Where a field has not been checked against its source, it says so.

Checked on 2026-10-31

Table and records Streams

TraditionAll (3)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (0)Sufism (0)Philosophy (1)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (0)Further afield (2)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)

GenreAll (2)Scripture and exegesis (0)Ḥadīth and the Prophet's life (0)Law (0)Creed and kalām (0)Metaphysics and cosmology (0)Sciences of letters and names (0)Counsel and governance (2)The path (0)Lives and lineages (0)Prayer and litany (0)Lyric (0)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (0)

FormAll (3)Prose (2)Verse (0)Prose with verse (1)Diagrams (0)

LanguageAll (2)Arabic (1)Persian (1)Greek (0)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (0)Hebrew (0)Other (0)

PeriodAll (39)Archaic and classical Greek (0)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (1)Late antique (4)2nd century AH (3)3rd century AH (4)4th century AH (0)5th century AH (5)6th century AH (7)7th century AH (4)8th century AH (4)9th century AH (2)10th century AH (3)11th century AH (2)13th century AH (0)

In the readerAll (2)In the reader (0)Planned (0)Listed only (2)

2 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▲	Author	Genre	Period	Language	Status
Muhsinean Ethicsاخلاق محسنی	Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī	Counsel and governance	9th century AH	Persian	Listed only
Wonders of Conduct in the Natures of Kingshipبدائع السلك في طبائع الملك	Ibn al-Azraq	Counsel and governance	9th century AH	Arabic	Listed only

Records

Muhsinean Ethics

اخلاق محسنی

Akhlāq-i Muḥsinī

Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī (d. 910/1504–05)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Persian · 9th century AH · Listed only

A popular Timurid mirror in Persian with simplified Ṭūsī/Dawānī schemes and stories.

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

c. 1494-1500, Herat (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

Hertford 1850 (lithograph) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Henry Keene, Akhlāq-i Muḥsinī (Hertford 1850) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: Jalalean Ethics (Practical Philosophy of the Muhammadan People) The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

Wonders of Conduct in the Natures of Kingship

بدائع السلك في طبائع الملك

Badāʾiʿ al-silk fī ṭabāʾiʿ al-mulk

Ibn al-Azraq (d. 896/1491)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Arabic · 9th century AH · Listed only

Follows Ibn Khaldūn's civilisation theory with Andalusi examples;