Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-stikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah : a scholarly edition of ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī's text / Luke Yarbrough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nābulusī, ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm, active 1235, author.

Contributor:

Yarbrough, Luke B., editor, translator.

Series:

Library of Arabic literature

Standardized Title:

Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-istikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

Administrative agencies.

Egypt.

Administrative agencies--Egypt--Early works to 1800.

Egypt--Politics and government--640-1882--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xiii, 108 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-istikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah

‏تجريد سيف الهمة لإستخراج ما في ذمة الذمة

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In Arabic, with introduction and notes in English.

Summary:

"Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-stikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah is a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of a text by ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī (d. 660/1262), also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic Literature as The Sword of Ambition. In this work addressed to the Ayyubid sultan, al-Nābulusī argues against employing Coptic and Jewish officials, leaving no rhetorical stone unturned as he pours his deep knowledge of history, law, and literature into the work"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Yarbrough, Luke, 1982- Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-stikhrāj mā fīdhimmat al-dhimmah.

ISBN:

9781479854714

1479854719

OCLC:

1114270507