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New Treatise on the Uniqueness of Consciousness

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Advice for Callow Jurists

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Subtle Insights Concerning Knowledge and Practice (Kalimāt wajīza mushtamila ‘alā nukat laṭīfa fī al-‘ilm wa-l-‘amal)

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Advice for Callow Jurists and Guillible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs

By ‘Abd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī al-Sha‘rānī; Translated by Adam Sabra

Summary

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.

‘Abd al-Wahhab b. Ahmad b. ‘Ali al-Sha‘rani (1493–1565) was a prominent jurist and scholar of early modern Sufism and a prolific writer. Adam Sabra is professor of history and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He lives in Goleta, CA.

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Publisher Yale University Press

Copyright 2017 Yale University

Print publication date 2017

Illustrations 0

Print ISBN 9780300198652

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Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs (Irshād al-mughaff alīn min al-fuqahā’ wal-fuqarā’ ilā shurūt. ṣuḥbat al-umarā’)

The Abbreviation of Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs(Mukhtas.ar Irshād al-mughaff alīn min al-fuqahā’ wal-fuqarā’ ilā shurūṭ ṣuḥbat al-umarā’)

 

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