The letter of Tansar
By: translated by M. Boyce.
Contributors: Ibn Isfandiyār, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, fl. 1210-1216.; Boyce, Mary.
Series: Literary and historical texts from Iran ;; 1; Persian heritage series ;; [no. 9]; Serie orientale Roma ;; v. 38
Publisher: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Roma
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Education of princes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Pahlavi original was translated into Arabic by Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, and from Arabic into Persian by Ibn Isfandiyār, who incorporated the text into his Tārīkh-i Ṭabaristān, from which the present translation was made; cf. translator's introd.