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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 (8)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (0)Sufism (1)Philosophy (1)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (0)Further afield (6)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)
GenreAll (8)Scripture and exegesis (0)Ḥadīth and the Prophet's life (0)Law (1)Creed and kalām (0)Metaphysics and cosmology (1)Sciences of letters and names (0)Counsel and governance (5)The path (1)Lives and lineages (0)Prayer and litany (0)Lyric (0)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (0)
FormAll (8)Prose (7)Verse (1)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (0)
LanguageAll (8)Arabic (5)Persian (2)Greek (0)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (0)Hebrew (0)Other (1)
PeriodAll (82)Archaic and classical Greek (7)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (4)Late antique (4)2nd century AH (5)3rd century AH (6)4th century AH (6)5th century AH (8)6th century AH (12)7th century AH (16)8th century AH (4)9th century AH (4)10th century AH (3)11th century AH (2)13th century AH (1)
In the readerAll (8)In the reader (0)Planned (0)Listed only (8)

8 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▲AuthorGenrePeriodLanguageStatus
Courtesies of Kings; Gift for Viziers; Histories of the Persian Kingsآداب الملوك؛ تحفة الوزراء؛ غرر أخبار ملوك الفرسal-ThaʿālibīCounsel and governance5th century AHArabicListed only
The Ordinances of Governmentالأحكام السلطانية والولايات الدينيةal-MāwardīLaw5th century AHArabicListed only
Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ, book X (prophecy, law and the city)الإلهيات من الشفاء، المقالة العاشرةIbn Sīnā (Avicenna)Metaphysics and cosmology5th century AHArabicListed only
The Wisdom of Royal Gloryقوتادغو بيليگYūsuf Khāṣṣ ḤājibCounsel and governance5th century AHOtherListed only
Counsel for Kings; Facilitating Deliberation; Rules of the Vizierate; Conduct of Worldly and Religious Lifeنصيحة الملوك؛ تسهيل النظر وتعجيل الظفر؛ قوانين الوزارة؛ أدب الدنيا والدينal-MāwardīCounsel and governance5th century AHArabicListed only
Mirror for Princes: The Qābūs NāmaقابوسنامهKaykāʾūs b. IskandarCounsel and governance5th century AHPersianListed only
The Book of Government or Rules for Kingsسیاست‌نامه / سیر الملوکNiẓām al-MulkCounsel and governance5th century AHPersianListed only
The Wonders of the Heartعجائب القلب (إحياء علوم الدين، الكتاب 21)al-GhazālīThe path5th century AHArabicListed only

Records

Courtesies of Kings; Gift for Viziers; Histories of the Persian Kings

آداب الملوك؛ تحفة الوزراء؛ غرر أخبار ملوك الفرس

Ādāb al-mulūk; Tuḥfat al-wuzarāʾ; Ghurar akhbār mulūk al-Furs

al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Arabic · 5th century AH · Listed only

Courtly adab and Persian king-lore for Khurasani rulers;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
early 11th c., Nishapur / Ghazna (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Jalīl al-ʿAṭiyya (Ādāb al-mulūk, Beirut 1990); Zotenberg (Ghurar, Paris 1900) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Zotenberg (French, Ghurar) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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Connected works

The Ordinances of Government

الأحكام السلطانية والولايات الدينية

al-Aḥkām al-sulṭāniyya wa-l-wilāyāt al-dīniyya

al-Māwardī (d. 450/1058)

Further afield · Law · Arabic · 5th century AH · Listed only

The caliphate and offices defined by law: the imam's contract, appointment of ministers, judges, war, taxes.

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 1045-58, Baghdad (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Muḥammad Fahmī al-Sarjānī (Cairo 1909); Aḥmad Mubārak al-Baghdādī (Kuwait 1989) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Asadullah Yate (London: Ta-Ha 1996); Wafaa Wahba (Garnet 1996) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ, book X (prophecy, law and the city)

الإلهيات من الشفاء، المقالة العاشرة

al-Ilāhiyyāt min al-Shifāʾ, maqāla 10

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) (c. 370–428/980–1037)

Philosophy · Metaphysics and cosmology · Arabic · 5th century AH · Listed only

The closing book of the Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ: prophecy, the law-giver and the ordering of the city; his short Risāla fī l-siyāsa is a separate work.

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 1020s, Hamadhan, Isfahan (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Cairo ed. (Mūsā, Dunyā, Zāyid 1960) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Michael Marmura, The Metaphysics of the Healing (BYU 2005) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

The Wisdom of Royal Glory

قوتادغو بيليگ

Kutadgu Bilig

Yūsuf Khāṣṣ Ḥājib (fl. 462/1069)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Other · 5th century AH · Listed only

Four allegorical figures (Justice/king, Fortune/vizier, Intellect/sage, End/ascetic) debate kingship and the afterlife in a Turkic mathnawī.

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
462/1069–70, presented to the Karakhanid ruler Tavgach Ulugh Bughra Khan (TDV) (basis: date of composition) checked in Hasan Hüseyin Adalıoğlu, “Siyâsetnâme”, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2009)
Editions
  • R. R. Arat (Istanbul 1947) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Robert Dankoff, Wisdom of Royal Glory (Chicago 1983) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Counsel for Kings; Facilitating Deliberation; Rules of the Vizierate; Conduct of Worldly and Religious Life

نصيحة الملوك؛ تسهيل النظر وتعجيل الظفر؛ قوانين الوزارة؛ أدب الدنيا والدين

Naṣīḥat al-mulūk; Tashīl al-naẓar wa-taʿjīl al-ẓafar; Qawānīn al-wizāra; Adab al-dunyā wa-l-dīn

al-Māwardī (d. 450/1058)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Arabic · 5th century AH · Listed only

Counsel to rulers grounded in sharia ethics and Greek moral philosophy: the ruler's knowledge, justice, consultation, and the ordering of the realm's elements.

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 1030-1058 (Naṣīḥa authorship in doubt), Baghdad (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Naṣīḥat al-mulūk: Fuʾād ʿAbd al-Munʿim (Alexandria 1988); Tashīl al-naẓar: Riḍwān al-Sayyid (Beirut 1981); Adab al-dunyā: Muṣṭafā al-Saqqā (Cairo 1955) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Partial in Marlow (2023) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Mirror for Princes: The Qābūs Nāma

قابوسنامه

Qābūsnāma

Kaykāʾūs b. Iskandar (fl. 475/1082)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Persian · 5th century AH · Listed only

44 chapters of counsel from father to son: conduct with friends, kings, physicians, farmers, artisans;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
475/1082-83, Gurgān (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • G.-H. Yūsufī (Tehran 1345 sh/1966); R. Levy (Gibb Memorial NS 18, London 1951) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Reuben Levy, A Mirror for Princes (London: Cresset 1951) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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Connected works

The Book of Government or Rules for Kings

سیاست‌نامه / سیر الملوک

Siyāsatnāma / Siyar al-mulūk

Niẓām al-Mulk (d. 485/1092)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Persian · 5th century AH · Listed only

50 chapters on administration: spies, judges, tax, army, religion;

Attribution
authentic checked in Hasan Hüseyin Adalıoğlu, “Siyâsetnâme”, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2009)
Date
late 5th/11th c., written at Malikshāh's request (TDV: fifty-one chapters; draft: c. 1091–92) (basis: date of composition) probable
Editions
  • Hubert Darke (Tehran 1347 sh; 2nd rev. 1962); Schefer (Paris 1891) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Darke (London 1960; 2nd ed. 1978); Schefer French (1891-93) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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Connected works

The Wonders of the Heart

عجائب القلب (إحياء علوم الدين، الكتاب 21)

ʿAjāʾib al-qalb (Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn, book 21)

al-Ghazālī (450–505/1058–1111)

Sufism · The path · Arabic · 5th century AH · Listed only

The body is a city, the heart is king, faculties are his army (anger), spies (senses) and treasurer;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 1095-1105, Baghdad/Damascus/Tus (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Cairo/Beirut eds.; Būlāq · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Walter James Skellie, The Marvels of the Heart (Fons Vitae 2010); Timothy Winter, On Disciplining the Soul and On Breaking the Two Desires (ITS 1995, books 22-23) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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Connected works

  • Resonance, not influence: The refinement of character The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
  • Resonance, not influence: Republic The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked