THE MIRRORS FOR PRINCES WRITINGS BY AL-GHAZALI. I. NASIHAT AL-MULUK Cover Image

НАЗИДАТЕЛЬНЫЕ СОЧИНЕНИЯ АЛ-ГАЗАЛИ. I. НАСИХАТ АЛ-МУЛУК
THE MIRRORS FOR PRINCES WRITINGS BY AL-GHAZALI. I. NASIHAT AL-MULUK

Author(s): Alexey Aleksandovich Khismatulin
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Middle Ages, Islam studies, Translation Studies
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: Nasihat al-muluk; Siyar al-Muluk; Siyasat-nama; al-Ghazali; Nizam al-Mulk; Sanjar; Ismailis; Seljuqs;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is aimed to reflect modern ideas about the medieval Persian-language epistles ( risala ) composed by Imam al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) in the genre of the mirrors for princes. The paper consists of two parts. The first part deals with the historical and textual analysis of al-Ghazali’s Nasihat al-Muluk (Counsel for Kings) and considers the problem of authenticity of its so-called “second part”. It is clearly demonstrated that this part was not written by Imam al-Ghazali, but was added to the authentic text by a medieval falsifier.

  • Issue Year: 155/2013
  • Issue No: 3 (2)
  • Page Range: 18-30
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Russian