Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn Mansur Mubarak Shah al-Qurayshi, commonly known by his

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Fakhr-i Mudabbir (1157–1236) was a

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author who was active at the court of the

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, and

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. He is notable for his prominent literary works in Persian, the ''Shajara-yi ansab'' ("The tree of genealogies") and the ''Adab al-harb wa-l-shaja'a'' ("The etiquette of war and valour").

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