Work
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Marzubānname

Author

Compiler

Bibliographic antecedent

Date of creation
  • 4th century   Hegirian
    10th century   Gregorian
Preferred title

Marzubānname   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme

مرزبان نامه   Arabic  

Work type Single work
Work manifested Early work
Work genre Textual work
Audience

Adult, serious

Summary

هذه مجموعة من الحكايات الخرافية والنوادر التي يتم تصوير الشخصيات الرئيسية فيها على أنها حيوانات أو طيور أو أسماك ، وأحيانًا ، على أنها من بني البشر. الراوي هو أمير اتهمه وزير أخيه ملك طبرستان بالتآمر لتأمين العرش لنفسه وفي سياق دفاعه يجلبهم لإظهار معرفته بالمبادئ السامية المطلوبة في الحكم.

Summary

This is a collection of fables, anecdotes and apologues in which the principal characters are portrayed as animals, birds, fishes, occasionally, as peris or human beings. The narrator is a prince who has been accused by the vizier of his brother, the King of Tabaristān, of plotting to secure the throne for himself and in the course of his defence brings them in to display his knowledge of the high principles requisite in a ruler.

Bibliography

4

Diamond   W 34171

Created at 07-11-2013 by migration (IDEO)

Updated at 31-10-2022 by Amr Zakariya (IDEO)


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