Counsel for Kings: Wisdom and Politics in Tenth-Century Iran : Volume I: The Nasihat al-muluk of Pseudo-Mawardi: Contexts and Themes
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature
ISBN-10
1474426417
ISBN-13
9781474426411
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 1st, 2017
Print length
360 Pages
Weight
548 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 16.60 x 1.90 cms
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The first volume situates Counsel for Kings in its historical context. The second volume gives direct access to a substantial portion of the text through translation and commentary.
This book studies the Counsel for Kings as an illuminating commentary on the milieu and polity in which it was written and as a composition that seeks to persuade by drawing allusions between the diverse repertoire of wisdom literature available to the author and his audience and the circumstances of the author’s time and place.
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