Advice for callow jurists and gullible mendicants on befriending emirs

Advice for callow jurists and gullible mendicants on befriending emirs / ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Shaʹrānī ; translated by Adam Sabra.

Author/creator	Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566
Other author/creator	Sabra, Adam Abdelhamid, 1968-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New Haven : Yale University Press,
Description	xi, 241 pages ; 22 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from JSTOR eBooks
Subject(s)	Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566. Sufism--Political aspects --Egypt. Islam and politics--Egypt --History --16th century. Islam and state--Egypt --History --16th century.

Uniform title	Irshād al-mughaffalīn min al-fuqahāʾ wa-al-fuqarāʾ ilá shurūṭ ṣuḥbat al-umarāʾ. English
Series	World thought in translation World thought in translation. ^A1348597
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2016938753
ISBN	9780300198652 (hardcover)
ISBN	0300198655 (hardcover)
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