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Adab al-Katib

أدب الكاتب

Ibn Qutayba's Adab al-Katib — the training manual of the state secretariat; 'a sermon without a book', said to hold a little of everything 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Levant & Iraq
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A book by Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Muslim, known as Ibn Qutayba the grammarian, who died in 270 AH. 2

"Kashf al-Zunun" reports that it was said of it that it is "a sermon without a book", because its introduction is so long, although it contains something of everything. 2

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Ibn Qutayba

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Ibn Qutayba

Sources

  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 267
  2. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p.267
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islam.museum contributors. “Adab al-Katib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/adab-al-katib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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