The book was a paraphrase of Anwār-e Sohailī, which is, in turn, a translation of Kalīla wa-Dimna. The translator, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak Nagori, was an Indian who had learned Persian as a foreign language(مهدي, ابوالقاسم, and اله, n.d.). The book…
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak Nagori made a selection of the tales in Ayār-e Dānesh, by the same writer, with still easier language to understand. The date of the original publication is not known, but it was later republished in Lucknow, India in 1902…