TY - BOOK AU - Shaʻrānī,ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad AU - Sabra,Adam Abdelhamid TI - Advice for callow jurists and gullible mendicants on befriending emirs T2 - World thought in translation SN - 0300225288 AV - BP188.8.E3 S437 2017eb U1 - 297.40962 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, KW - Sufism KW - Political aspects KW - Egypt KW - Islam and politics KW - History KW - 16th century KW - Islam and state KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Soufisme KW - Aspect politique KW - Égypte KW - Islam et État KW - Histoire KW - 16e siècle KW - Ouvrages avant 1800 KW - HISTORY KW - Middle East KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Early works N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1445435 ER -