The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 1 (of 3) by Fani, Shea, and Troyer

"The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 1 (of 3)" by Fani, Shea, and Troyer is a Persian work on comparative religion written between 1645 and 1658. This remarkable text examines and compares Abrahamic, Dharmic, and other religions across mid-17th century South Asia and the Middle East, spanning twelve chapters. It offers rare historical insights into Emperor Akbar's syncretic Din-i Ilahi and contains one of history's first mentions of Sikhism, drawing from the author's interviews with scholars of numerous faiths across Patna, Kashmir, Lahore, and beyond. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Dubious author Fani, Muhsin, -1672?
Translator Shea, David, 1777-1836
Translator Troyer, Anthony, -1865
Title The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 1 (of 3)
translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabestan-e_Mazaheb
Note Erroneously attributed to Muhsin Fani, d. 1671 or 2. Cf. Enc. of Islam, new ed.
Credits Produced by Édith Nolot, Bryan Ness, Carol Brown and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
(This file was produced from images generously made
available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 57.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
Subject Religions
Subject Iran -- Religion
Category Text
eBook-No. 63275
Release Date
Last Update Oct 18, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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