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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 recordsStreams
TraditionAll (5)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (1)Sufism (0)Philosophy (2)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 (2)Prose (2)Verse (0)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (0)
LanguageAll (7)Arabic (2)Persian (3)Greek (0)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (2)Hebrew (0)Other (0)
PeriodAll (16)Archaic and classical Greek (0)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (0)Late antique (0)2nd century AH (3)3rd century AH (3)4th century AH (1)5th century AH (3)6th century AH (2)7th century AH (0)8th century AH (3)9th century AH (1)10th century AH (0)11th century AH (0)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 ▲AuthorGenrePeriodLanguageStatus
The Lamp of Kingsسراج الملوكal-ṬurṭūshīCounsel and governance6th century AHArabicListed only
Solace for the Ruler during Hostility of Subjects (Waters of Comfort)سلوان المطاع في عدوان الأتباعIbn Ẓafar al-ṢiqillīCounsel and governance6th century AHArabicListed only

Records

The Lamp of Kings

سراج الملوك

Sirāj al-mulūk

al-Ṭurṭūshī (d. 520/1126)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Arabic · 6th century AH · Listed only

A learned jurist's mirror: kingship as divine trust, with long stories of Persian kings and Prophetic ḥadīth;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 1122, Alexandria (Fatimid vizier al-Maʾmūn al-Baṭāʾiḥī) (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Būlāq 1872; Jaʿfar al-Bayātī (London 1990) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Maurice Alarcón, Lámpara de los príncipes (Madrid 1930-31) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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Solace for the Ruler during Hostility of Subjects (Waters of Comfort)

سلوان المطاع في عدوان الأتباع

Sulwān al-muṭāʿ fī ʿudwān al-atbāʿ

Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī (d. c. 565/1170)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Arabic · 6th century AH · Listed only

Stories and parables on how rulers and subjects weather misfortune, with consolation from Providence;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 1159-60, Sicily, then Hama (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Beirut 1995; Tunis 1279/1862; Istanbul 1285/1868 · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Michele Amari, Italian (Florence 1851) and Solwan; or Waters of Comfort (London 1852) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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