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Sha`rani, 1493-1565

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.

ISBN: 0300225288 9780300225280

Source: 984214 MIL 22573/ctt1jkqfsz JSTOR 4BF05AF8-6010-4C91-9B7D-B98387E30B56 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

LCCN: 2016938753

Subjects--Personal Names:
Sha`rani, 1493-1565
Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1500-1599

Subjects--Topical Terms:
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

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Early works
History

LC Class. No.: BP188.8.E3 / S437 2017eb

Dewey Class. No.: 297.40962