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Advice for Kings: The “Mirrors for Princes” Genre (Qābūs-nāma, Sīyāsat-nāma)

Since antiquity, rulers and statesmen have turned to a special literary genre—often called “Mirrors for Princes”—for guidance on governance, ethics, and personal conduct. In the Persianate world, two landmark works stand out: the 11th-century Qābūs-nāma by Keikāvus of Tabaristan and the Sīyāsat-nāma (“Book of Governance”) of Nizām al-Mulk. Though separated by…