{"product_id":"the-bakhtyar-nama","title":"Il Bakhtyar Nama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the only thing standing between you and death is the next story you tell?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Bakhtyār Nāma, young Bakhtyar faces death at a royal court. King Azad Bakht holds the power of judgment, while jealous viziers press him to condemn the young man. Bakhtyar has one means of holding off the sentence: his gift for telling stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anonymous Persian collection joins Bakhtyar’s struggle to inner tales of merchants, rulers and clever speakers. Stories open inside stories, and advice takes the shape of an example. At court, flattery and jealousy cloud judgment. Each tale brings patience, power and the choice of whom to trust into sharper view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA life at stake\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Bakhtyar as he turns storytelling into his defense against a sentence of death.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe king’s uncertain judgment\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch Azad Bakht weigh counsel in a court where jealous voices demand the young man’s death.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTales within tales\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet merchants, rulers and clever speakers whose choices reveal good judgment and its failures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe strength of patience\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore why waiting matters when power can turn a hasty judgment into a deadly sentence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdvice through example\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover short tales that entertain while asking how rulers should listen, trust and decide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love tales within tales, old Persian and Arabic storytelling, and stories about how rulers should be advised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and enter a court where a story can hold off death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534583005532,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/05830_en_ebook-front_c20.jpg?v=1792174919","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/il-bakhtyar-nama","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}