ʿOnṣor ol-Maʿalī Keykāvūs

…Qābūs”) by the Zeyārid prince ʿOnṣor ol-Maʿalī Keykāvūs (died 1098), which presents “a miscellany of Islamic culture in pre-Mongol times.” At the same time, Niẓām al-Mulk (died 1092), the grand vizier of the Seljuqs, composed his Seyāsat-nāmeh (The Book of Government; or, Rules for Kings), a good introduction to the…

Keykāvūs (reigned 1049–90) himself was the author of a famous manual for princely behaviour, the Qābūs-nāmeh (“Mirror for Princes”).