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ADAB ii. Adab in Arabic Literature
Ch. Pellat
In modern Arabic usage the term adab (plur. ādāb) denotes “literature,” but in classical Islam it was applied only to a limited range of literary works.
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ĀDĀB AL-ḤARB WA’L-ŠAJĀʿA
C. E. Bosworth
(“The correct usages of war and bravery”), a treatise in a straightforward Persian prose style in the “Mirror for Princes” genre, written by Faḵr-al-dīn Moḥammad b. Manṣūr Mobārakšāh, called Faḵr-e Modabber.
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ADAB AL-KABĪR
I. Abbas
an Arabic work by Ebn al-Moqaffaʿ dealing largely with Persian manners and court etiquette.
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ADAB AL-KĀTEB
C. E. Bosworth
(“Manual for secretaries”), a work composed by the celebrated Baghdad scholar probably of Khorasanian mawlā origin, Ebn Qotayba (213-76/828-89).
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ĀDĀB AL-MAŠQ
M. Dabīrsīāqī
(“Manual of penmanship”), a short essay on writing the nastaʿlīq hand by the noted Safavid calligrapher Mīr ʿEmād (961-1024/1553-54 to 1615-16).
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ADAB AL-ṢAḠĪR
I. Abbas
an Arabic book of wisdom and advice, based on Middle Persian works.
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ADAB NEWSPAPER
L. P. Elwell-Sutton
title of several Persian periodicals.
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ʿADĀLAT
L. P. Elwell-Sutton
(“Justice”), name of several periodicals.
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ADAM, GUILLAUME
J. Richard
14th-century traveler.
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ĀDAMĪ
A. Gorjī
late 3rd/9th century Shiʿite traditionist.