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Author Marlow, Louise, author.

Title Counsel for kings : wisdom and politics in tenth-century Iran. Volume I, The Naṛīḥat al-mulūk of Pseudo-Māwardī : contexts and themes / L. Marlow.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 344 pages) : maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature
Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary A textual and contextual study of an early Arabic mirror for princes. Mirrors for princes form a substantial and important genre in many pre-modern literatures. Their ostensible purpose is to advise the king; at the same time they assert that the king, if he is truly virtuous, will appreciate being reminded of the contingency of his power. The unknown author of the Counsel for Kings studied in this book wrote in a distinctive early tenth-century Iranian environment. He deploys an abundant set of cultural materials representing 'perennial wisdom' of mixed provenances, which he reinvigorates by applying them to the circumstances of his own time and place. The first volume situates Counsel for Kings in its historical context. The second volume gives direct access to a substantial portion of the text through translation and commentary. Key features. Integrates the evidence of Counsel for Kings with established materials for the study of Samanid history Demonstrates the interplay of mirrors for princes with other forms of literary expression, such as anthologies of adab, historiographical, theological, philosophical and homiletic writings, encyclopaedic works and poetry
Contents Preface; Notes on Transliteration and Dates; Glossary; Introduction; Part I: Situating the Text; Map 1: The Nile-to-Oxus Region in the Tenth Century; Chapter 1. An Early Samanid View of History: The Dating of Naṛīḥat al-mulūk; Map 2: The Oxus Regions in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries 85; Chapter 2. A Liminal Setting: The Location of Naṛīḥat al-mulūk; Part II: Governance and Society; Chapter 3. Kingship and Governance: Concepts and Terminology; Chapter 4. Intermediaries and Networks; Part III: The Religious Landscape; Chapter 5. Multiplicity and Rhetoric; Chapter 6. Religion and the Samanid Amirs; Chapter 7. The Afflictions of the Kingdom and Their Remedies; Chapter 8. The Religious Sensibility of Naṛīḥat al-mulūk; Fig. 1: The Samanids; Fig. 2: The Samanid Dynastic Family; Notes.
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Subject Education of princes -- Early works to 1800.
Education of princes.
Chronological Term Early works to 1800
Subject Islamic Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800.
Islamic Empire.
Iran -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800.
Kings and rulers.
Iran.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
Genre/Form Early works.
Added Title Naṛīḥat al-mulūk of Pseudo-Māwardī : contexts and themes
Other Form: Print version: Marlow, Louise. Counsel for kings : Volume I, The Naṛīḥat al-mulūk of Pseudo-Māwardī : contexts and themes. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016] 9780748696901 (OCoLC)951609346
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