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Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs / 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Sha'rani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- al-Sha'rani, 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad ibn 'Ali, author.
- Series:
- World thought in translation.
- World Thought in Translation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566.
- Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad.
- Sufism--Political aspects--Egypt.
- Sufism.
- Islam and politics--Egytpt--History--16th century.
- Islam and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Translation
- Translator's Introduction
- Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs
- Excerpts from the Abbreviation
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)
- OCLC:
- 967394928
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