| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 241 pages). |
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text file |
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World thought in translation
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World thought in translation.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
English translation of an Arabic guide to political behaviour 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, providing insight into the relationship between spiritual and political authority in late medieval/early modern Islamic society and early modern Egypt. |
| 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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566.
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Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566. |
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Sufism -- Political aspects -- Egypt.
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Sufism. |
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Egypt. |
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Islam and politics -- Egypt -- History -- 16th century.
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Islam and politics. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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Islam and state -- Egypt -- History -- 16th century.
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Islam and state. |
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Sufism -- Early works to 1800.
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| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
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History. |
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1599 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Early works.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Sabra, Adam Abdelhamid, 1968- translator.
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| Added Title |
Irshād al-mughaffalīn min al-fuqahāʼ wa-al-fuqarāʼ ilá shurūṭ ṛuḥbat al-umarāʼ. English
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ارشاد المغفلين من الفقهاء والفقراء الى شروط صحبة الأمراء. الانكليزية |
| Other Form: |
Print version : Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566. Irshād al-mughaffalīn min al-fuqahāʼ wa-al-fuqarāʼ ilá shurūṭ ṛuḥbat al-umarāʼ. English. Advice for callow jurists and gullible mendicants on befriending emirs. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017] 9780300198652 |
| ISBN |
0300225288 (electronic book) |
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9780300225280 (electronic book) |
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9780300198652 (hardcover) |
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0300198655 (hardcover) |
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