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Kitāb al-tāǧ fī aḫlāq al-mulūk
It's a book about the proper manners related to dealing with kings. The book was misattributed to the prolific scholar of literature Al-Ǧaḥiẓ, but critical textual studies negated this attribution and it's more accurately attributed to Al-Ṯaʿlabī (and it was misattributed in an uncritical edition to another famous scholar: Al-Ṯaʿālibī). The book starts with a chapter about manners related to being...
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It's a book about the proper manners related to dealing with kings. The book was misattributed to the prolific scholar of literature Al-Ǧaḥiẓ, but critical textual studies negated this attribution and it's more accurately attributed to Al-Ṯaʿlabī (and it was misattributed in an uncritical edition to another famous scholar: Al-Ṯaʿālibī). The book starts with a chapter about manners related to being in a king's presence, the author started with the proper manners that a king should follow, then the proper manners of his guests (whether they are of a noble class or a middle one), how they would salute a king, what to do while sitting in his presence, how to leave, and how long they should stay. The second chapter is on manners of eating in the kings presence. The third chapter is on manners of drinking while talking in the king's presence, then the author discusses such manners in the Persian civilization and in both the Umayyad and Abbasid eras. He also mentions some events related to kings changing their attitudes towards their friends such as what happened between Harūn al-Rašīd and the Barmakīs. Then discusses the proper manners that a man who would share drinking and talking in the presence of a king should follow.
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3rd century
9th century
Single work
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