I.6. Audience: For whom was Faḍāʾil-i Balkh written?

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
4. ABBREVIATIONS xv
5. I. EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION
6. I.1. Faḍāʾil-i Balkh and its importance 1
7. I.2. The surviving manuscripts of Faḍāʾil-i Balkh 3
8. I.3. Previous editions of Faḍāʾil-i Balkh 7
9. I.4. The sources of Faḍāʾil-i Balkh 8
10. I.5. Authorship: Who wrote Faḍāʾil-i Balkh? 10
11. I.6. Audience: For whom was Faḍāʾil-i Balkh written? 13
12. I.7. Faḍāʾil-i Balkh and later sources on Balkh 17
13. I.8. Faḍāʾil-i Balkh’s relationship to history 19
14. I.9. Technical matters and acknowledgements 32
15. II. TRANSLATION OF FAḌĀʾIL-I BALKH
16. [Persian Translator’s Preface] 37
17. Beginning of the Book 39
18. PART ONE. ON THE MERITS [OF BALKH] ATTESTED IN TEXTS 42
19. PART TWO. ON THE SPECIAL QUALITIES (SHAMĀʾIL-HĀ) [OF BALKH] THAT ARE PERCEPTIBLE TO THE SENSES 56
20. PART THREE. ON THE ULAMA 62
21. Conclusion of the Book 201
22. III. ANNEX
23. 1. GLOSSARY 203
24. 2. PERSONS, TRIBES, AND GROUPS MENTIONED IN FAḌĀʾIL-I BALKH 211
25. 3. PLACES 250
26. 4. SOURCES MENTIONED IN FAḌĀʾIL-I BALKH 262
27. 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY 269