Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs

Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9780300198652
ISBN-13 : 0300198655
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Book Synopsis Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs by : ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad Shaʻrānī

Download or read book Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs written by ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad Shaʻrānī and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mirror for princes sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt This guide to political behavior and expediency offers advice to Sufi shaykhs, or spiritual guides, on how to interact and negotiate with powerful secular officials, judges, and treasurers, or emirs. Translated into English for the first time, it is a unique account of the relationship between spiritual and political authority in late medieval / early modern Islamic society.


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