The Book of Noble Character: Critical Edition of Makarim al-akhlaq wa-ma?asin al-adab wa-bada?i? al-aw?af wa-ghara?ib al-tashbihat, Attributed to Abu Man?ur al-Tha?alibi (d. 429/1039)

This critical Arabic text edition of K. Makārim al-akhlāq wa-maḥāsin al-ādāb wa-badāʾiʿ al-awṣāf wa-gharāʾib al-tashbīhāt(Book of Noble Character, Excellent Conduct, Admirable Descriptions, and Curious Similes) is a substantial work of adab attributed to the prominent littérateur Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1039) that consists of a short introduction and three chapters. The first chapter addresses acquiring noble character and excellent conduct (al-taḥallī bi-makārim al-akhlāq wa-maḥāsi...