Counsel for kings, Volume I, The Naṣīḥat al-mulūk of Pseudo-Māwardī : contexts and themes: wisdom and politics in tenth-century Iran

This book studies the Counsel for Kings as an illuminating commentary on the milieu and polity in which it was written and as a composition that seeks to persuade by drawing allusions between the diverse repertoire of wisdom literature available to the author and his audience and the circumstances o...

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Main Author: Marlow, Louise (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2016
Series:Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature
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Summary:This book studies the Counsel for Kings as an illuminating commentary on the milieu and polity in which it was written and as a composition that seeks to persuade by drawing allusions between the diverse repertoire of wisdom literature available to the author and his audience and the circumstances of the author’s time and place
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 344 pages)
ISBN:9780748696918

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