World Thought in Translation: Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants
By: Shar'ani, Abd al-Wahab ibn Ahmad / Tr: Sabra, Adamselect image to view/enlarge/scroll
By: | Shar'ani, Abd al-Wahab ibn Ahmad / Tr: Sabra, Adam |
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Language: | English |
Format: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 256 pp |
Publisher: | Yale University Press, New Haven, 2017 |
Dimensions: | 14.5 x 21 cm / 5.5 x 8.25 inches |
ISBN-13: | 9780300198652 |
Topic: | Early Work - Sufism - Leadership Guide |
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This mirror for princes sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt
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