The Kherad-nâme-ye Eskandari (Alexandrian Book of Wisdom) (also referred to as the Khiradnāma) of Abd-al-Rahmân Jâmi is a piece of Persian literature which existed as an heir to the tradition of the Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi (d. 1209).
Jami's representation of the genre offers his readers a spiritual reflection on Alexander's journeys interspersed with long philosophical meditations exemplified through short anecdotes (hekâyat).
[1][2] The text was composed before 1489, possibly in 1485, and was dedicated to the Timurid ruler of Herat (one of the cities believed to have been originally constructed by Alexander during his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (r. 1469–1506).
Jami's anecdotal and didactic approach focuses on civil and philosophical issues, while only touching on a few major episodes of the life of Alexander, starting with his education under Aristotle and ascent to the throne, followed by a long section discussing the court philosophers including the wisdom works of Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Hippocrates, Pythagoras, Ascelpius (which acts to substitute Vettius Valens, Apollonius, and Porphyry in Nizami's poem).
Alexander's conquests from Egypt to Persia are reduced to a brief summary[4]:He uprooted the temples of the idols from their very foundation, And threw Zoroaster and the Zoroastrians into flames, He purged the earth from all religions, Save that of the pure and pristine God (din-e yazdân-e pâk) He built many a city in different locations, Such as Samarqand, Marv, and Herat.