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خردنامه اسکندری / Kheradnameye Eskandari (The Book of Alexandrian Wisdom)

Kheradnameye Eskandari

خردنامه اسکندری (The Book of Alexandrian Wisdom) is the seventh and final masnavi of Jami's collection Haft Awrang. It is a didactic-philosophical poem built around the figure of Alexander the Great (Eskandar), in the tradition of the Iskandarnama, presenting the counsel of Greek sages, Alexander's death, and the laments and condolences (ندبه / تعزیت) spoken by seven sages over his coffin. Its individual numbered sections (بخش) — including the sages' laments and their words of condolence to Alexander's mother — belong to this work, not directly to the whole collection.

This intermediate work-level node groups the Alexander sections under the specific masnavi they come from, preserving the structural path Haft Awrang (collection) → Kheradnameye Eskandari (masnavi) → Section (بخش).

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