Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
2017

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780300225280
Publisher:
Yale University Press
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Copyrighted By:
Adam Sabra, 'abd Al-Wahhab Al-Sha'rani
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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