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Taj al-Salatin

Taj al-Salatin

Bukhari al-Jauhari

Author
Bukhari al-Jauhari
Year
1603
Field
Adab & Governance

A Malay work of statecraft and ethics advising rulers on just government, drawing on Persian and Islamic advice literature. It was written in Aceh and is generally dated to 1603.

Sources

  1. R.O. Winstedt, A History of Classical Malay Literature (1939)
  2. Vladimir Braginsky, The Heritage of Traditional Malay Literature (2004)