Kutudgu bilig

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Kutudgu bilig

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The Khitans
… shaped by Islamic values, the Kutudgu bilig (“Knowledge Which Leads to Happiness”; Eng. trans. The Wisdom of Royal Glory), was written by Yusuf Khass Hajib of Balāsaghūn in the style of contemporary Irano-Islamic “mirrors for princes” and was completed in Kashgar in 1069–1070. Almost contemporary with it was the Dīwān…
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… shaped by Islamic values, the Kutudgu bilig (“Knowledge Which Leads to Happiness”; Eng. trans. The Wisdom of Royal Glory), was written by Yusuf Khass Hajib of Balāsaghūn in the style of contemporary Irano-Islamic “mirrors for princes” and was completed in Kashgar in 1069–1070. Almost contemporary with it was the Dīwān…
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