ADAB
Term applied to a genre of literature as well as to refined and well-mannered conduct; in Persian it is often synonymous with farhang.
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Multiple Authors, “ADAB,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/4, pp. 431-444; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/adab-index (accessed on 7 February 2014).