Publication

2019 - New York University Press

Language

English

Word Count

48,000 words, Guess

Page Count

192 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCJQ3831.N33 2019

Description

"Tajri d sayf al-himmah li-stikhra j ma fi dhimmat al-dhimmah is a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of a text by Uthma n ibn Ibra hi m al-Na bulusi (d. 660/1262), also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic Literature as The Sword of Ambition. In this work addressed to the Ayyubid sultan, al-Na bulusi argues against employing Coptic and Jewish officials, leaving no rhetorical stone unturned as he pours his deep knowledge of history, law, and literature into the work"--

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