Ṭarab al-majālis
- Holding institution:
- Library of Congress
- Data provider:
- Library of Congress
- Title:
- Ṭarab al-majālis
- Date:
- 1914-01-01
- Description:
- On creation in Islam and Islamic ethics. Ṭarab al-majālis (The delight of assemblies) is a book of moral advice written in the 13th century by Husayn ibn ʻAlim, also known as Mir Husayni Haravi (1272 or 1273-circa 1317), a well-known Sufi. Born in Ghor (in present-day Afghanistan), the author appears to have spent much of his adult life in nearby Herat, hence the appellation Haravi. The work is divided into five sections: creation; various classes of human beings; the superiority of humans to animals; ethical behavior; and vice. The edition presented here is a lithographic printing produced in Tashkent, Russian Turkestan (present-day Uzbekistan) in 1914-15, during the waning years of the tsarist empire. It was published at the Yakovlev printing press, which was known for printing works in Persian and other non-European languages during the first decades of the 20th century. The book has sustained considerable damage to a number of its initial and final leaves and has been partially repaired. World Digital Library.
- Language:
- Persian
- Type:
- text
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- uzbekistan
- Geographic region:
- uzbekistan
- Format:
- book