Qaboos Nameh's Position in the Realm of Didactic Literature

"Qaboos Nameh" or "Nasihat Nameh", written by "Onsorolmali key Kavous" in the fifth century A.H. has a special didactic and education position in the field of Ethics and Guidance. The aim and motivation of the author for writing this book was mainly guiding and advising his own son "Gilan Shah," and in the second place benefiting other interested seekers. Qaboos Nameh’s advantages and characteristics are not just due to its educational and advisory content but several different factors have gathered together to aid and deepen the influence of these educational lessons on the addressees. Special characteristics of the author such as intimacy, honesty, purity of speech, humility and liberal mindedness; on the one hand, and his discourse devices such as using common proverbs in Persian and Arabic, interesting parables and stories suitable to text topics, taking advantage of the verses and tradition, including quotations of great people and Persian poetry on the other hand, are among the important factors that strengthen the educational enrichment of this work and consequently make it be eternal and everlasting. In this paper, we will first enumerate the special characteristics of the author which indirectly depicts a model and pattern of moral values, and then we will classify the content subjects of this work and finally the impact of discourse devices employed by the author will be examined.