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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marlow, Louise (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Colección:Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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 Naṣīḥat al-mulūk; Map 2: The Oxus Regions in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries 85; Chapter 2. A Liminal Setting: The Location of Naṣīḥat 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 Naṣīḥat al-mulūk; Fig. 1: The Samanids; Fig. 2: The Samanid Dynastic Family; Notes.