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al-Sha’rani ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Ali al-Sha’rani
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This mirror for princes sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt This guide to political behavior 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. Translated into English for the first time, it is a unique account of the relationship between spiritual and political authority in late medieval / early modern Islamic society.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 224 ● ISBN 9780300225280 ● Translator Sabra Adam Sabra ● Publisher Yale University Press ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5042602 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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