Drawing on evidence from the texts, illustrations, and contexts of production of two Persian manuscripts, the present paper points to the role of female élites as both audiences and protagonists of the two works, and argues that both works functioned as advisory literature for the female élites of medieval Persian royal courts. It also draws attention to the strong connection of both works to the two realms of élite and folk literature and calls for a designation and defining criteria for a body of works that occupies the zone between the high and low ends of the wide spectrum of Persian literature.

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精英民间故事：穆内斯·纳玛（Munes-nāma），凯塔布·达斯塔（Ketāb-edāstān）及其受众

本文从两篇波斯手稿的文字，插图和生产环境中汲取证据，指出女性精英既是这两部作品的观众又是主角，并认为这两部作品均作为女性的咨询文学。中世纪的波斯皇家宫廷精英。它还引起人们对这两部作品与精英和民间文学两个领域的紧密联系的关注，并呼吁为占据波斯文学大范围高端和低端区域之间的作品群指定名称和定义标准。