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Catalogue: Adab Literature


Blue arrow pointing to the right A Note on Adab Literature

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb Ādāb mā yatakarraru fī al-yawm wa-al-laylah min al-akl wa-al-shurb wa-al-du‘ā’ wa-al-nawm (MS A 1)
(Proper conduct in Eating, Drinking, Praying, and Sleeping, which repeat day and night)
كتاب آداب ما يتكرر فى اليوم واليله من الاكل والشرب والدعاء والنوم
by Amad ibn ‘Imād al-Dīn ibn Muammad al-Aqfahsī (d. 1405/808)
احمد ابن عماد الدين ابن مجمد الاقفهسى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Tahdhīb al-akhlāq / Kitāb fī ifz al-akhlāq wa-al-iktisāb   (MS A 86, item 5)
(The Refinement of Character / Book on the Preservation of Character and the Acquisition of Property)
تهديب الاخلاق / كتاب فى حفظ الاخلاق والاكتساب
by Qiwām al-Dīn Muammad al-asanī (fl. 1694-1719/1106-1132)
قوام الدين محمد الحسنى

Blue arrow pointing to the right [Reports and Sayings of the Learned Sufi Shaykhs]    (MS P 29, marginal item 27)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah-i arīqah-i naqsh-bandīy   (MS P 29, marginal item 8)
(Treatise on Conducting Certain Ceremonies of the Sufis)
رساله طريقه نقشبنديه
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right Dar akhlāq-i amīdah   (MS P 29, marginal item 28)
(On Praiseworthy Conduct)
در اخلاق حميده
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right Tufat al-wuzarā'   (MS P 29, marginal item 29)
(The Gift of the Viziers)
تحفت الوزراء
Anonymous
Welcome Getting started Medieval Islam Catalogue Bio-bibliographies Glossary Abbreviations Credits About the Author Concordances A 1 - A 29 A 30 - A 59 A 60 - A 89 A 90 - A 92 P 1 - P 29 Authors, Translators & Commentators Copyists & Illustrators Owners & Patrons