Advice for callow jurists and gullible mendicants on befriending emirs /

Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566,

Advice for callow jurists and gullible mendicants on befriending emirs / ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad Shaʻrānī ; translated by Adam Sabra. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2017. - 1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) - World thought in translation . - World thought in translation. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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.

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Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566.
Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566.


1500-1599


Sufism--Political aspects--Egypt.
Islam and politics--History--Egypt--16th century.
Islam and state--History--Egypt--16th century.
Sufism--Early works to 1800.
Soufisme--Aspect politique--Égypte.
Islam et État--Histoire--Égypte--16e siècle.
Soufisme--Ouvrages avant 1800.
HISTORY--General.--Middle East
Sufism.
Islam and politics.
Islam and state.


Egypt.


Electronic books.
Early works.
History.

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