The sword of ambition : bureaucratic rivalry in medieval Egypt /
The Sword of Ambition belongs to a genre of religious polemic written for the rulers of Egypt and Syria between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries. Unlike most medieval Muslim polemic, the concerns of this genre were more social and political than theological. Leaving no rhetorical stone untur...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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New York :
New York University Press,
2016.
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Colección: | Library of Arabic literature.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The reprehensibility of employing dhimmis
- The Copts and their deceits
- Of secretaries and their art
- Ignorant men who have donned the garments of the secretaries.