Advice for callow jurists and gullible mendicants on befriending emirs:

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 tr...

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1. Verfasser: Šaʿrānī, ʿAbd-al-Wahhāb Ibn-Aḥmad aš- 1493-1565 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven ; London Yale University Press [2017]
Schriftenreihe:World thought in translation
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:xi, 241 pages 22 cm
ISBN:9780300198652