Adab al-kabīr

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Arabic prose work didactic literature ethical treatise mirror for princes political advice literature

Adab al-kabīr is a seminal early Arabic prose work of political and ethical advice, offering guidance on proper conduct at court and in governance.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Adab al-ṣaghīr	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arabic prose work ⓘ didactic literature ⓘ ethical treatise ⓘ mirror for princes ⓘ political advice literature ⓘ
audience	administrators ⓘ courtiers ⓘ rulers ⓘ students of adab ⓘ
circulatedIn	Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulation	manuscript tradition ⓘ
concerns	justice in governance ⓘ management of officials ⓘ public morality ⓘ self-discipline of rulers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Islamic civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethicalOrientation	practical ethics ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Arabic literature ⓘ Islamic studies ⓘ ethics ⓘ political theory ⓘ
genre	adab literature ⓘ
hasPart	advice on etiquette at court ⓘ guidance on relations with officials ⓘ guidance on relations with the caliph ⓘ guidance on relations with viziers ⓘ maxims on ruler–subject relations ⓘ sayings and aphorisms ⓘ
influenced	Islamic political ethics literature ⓘ later Islamic mirrors for princes ⓘ
language	Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod	early Abbasid period ⓘ
mainSubject	advice to rulers ⓘ courtly conduct ⓘ ethical behavior ⓘ governance ⓘ political ethics ⓘ proper conduct at court ⓘ
purpose	to guide rulers ⓘ to instruct courtiers ⓘ to provide ethical guidance in governance ⓘ
script	Arabic script ⓘ
studiedIn	universities and seminaries ⓘ
titleLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
titleMeaning	The Great Book of Conduct NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition	Islamic political thought ⓘ classical Arabic literature ⓘ

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Ibn al-Muqaffa' → notableWork → Adab al-kabīr ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adab al-ṣaghīr