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‘Alā al-Dīn, fl 1670 (Scribe, Jahāngīrnagar (Dacca), Bangladesh)

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Biography

Copyist of OR MS 261.

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ترجمهٔ تهذيب الاخلاق Tarjumah-yi Tahz̲īb al-akhlāq, 1081 A.H., 1670 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 261
Scope and Contents

A treatise on ethics and practical philosophy.


The author's name is not given, but the title and chapter headings indicate that this is a Persian translation the Arabic work Tahz̲īb al-akhlāq, (also called Ṭahārat al-nafs) by Abū ‘Alī Aḥmad b. Muḥammad Miskawayh (d. 421 A.H., 1030 C.E.), known as Ibn Miskawayh.

Dates: 1081 A.H.; 1670 C.E.