| Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs Contributor(s): Al-Sha'rani, 'Abd Al-Wahhab Ibn Ahmad (Author), March, Andrew (Editor), Sabra, Adam (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0300198655 ISBN-13: 9780300198652 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $72.27 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Sufi - Religion | Religion, Politics & State - History | Middle East - General |
| LCCN: 2016938753 |
| Series: World Thought in Translation |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |