Editing Ardashir I (section)

=== Ardashir's Book on Government Principles ===
A book attributed to Ardashir about the bases of government is written in an [[Arabic]] translation in the book ''Nahayat-ol Aarab'' and the warriors (Asawereh), writers (Kottab), Judges (Gozat), invasion (Bo'uth va Thoghur), accepting ambassadors ({{transliteration|ar|italic=no|Fi Godum-el Vofud alayhe men gabl-e Moluk}}) constructing cities (Bana-ol Modon), his strategy for noble houses (Tadbirohu fi Ahl-e Boyutat-el Sharaf), complaint (Mazalem) and development of lands (Tadbirohu Emarat-al Arzain) are discussed in it. The [[Persian language|Persian]] translation of that book is written in the translation of ''Nahayat-ol Aarab'' called ''Tajarob-ol Omam'' and also in [[Ferdowsi]]'s ''[[Shahnameh]]''. It is not known whether the book is translated directly from [[Middle Persian]] or not. Grinaski believes that an Arabic-writing author had assembled it from different places. In order to prove his opinion, he mentions evidence that shows the influence of [[Islam]]ic principles in it, for instance the writing in the book that one fifth of the [[Looting|war plunder]] is for the [[shah]]. However, since the text is written in ''Shahnameh'', it probably existed in ''[[Khwaday-Namag]]'' too and some matters aligning with Islamic principles were added to it in the translation.<ref name=":04" />