Humayun-namah

Turkish literature

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In Panchatantra
The 17th-century Turkish translation, the Humayun-namah, was based on a 15th-century Persian version, the Anwār-e Suhaylī. The Panchatantra stories also traveled to Indonesia through Old Javanese written literature and possibly through oral versions. In India the Hitopadesha (“Good Advice”), composed by Narayana in the 12th century and circulated mostly in…
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