Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt
by
Luke Yarbrough, 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
The Sword of Ambition belongs to a genre of religious polemic written for the rulers of Egypt and Syria between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries. Unlike most medieval Muslim polemic, the concerns of this genre were more social and political than theological. Leaving no rhetorical stone unturned,...