Counsel for kings : wisdom and politics in tenth-century Iran. Volume 2, The Naṣīḥat al-mulūk of Pseudo-Māwardī : texts, sources and authorities. /

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Author / Creator:	Marlow, Louise, author.
Imprint:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 384 pages) : PDF file(s).
Language:	English
Series:	Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature.
Subject:	Education of princes -- Early works to 1800. Kings and rulers -- Duties. Education of princes. Kings and rulers. Kings and rulers -- Duties. Islamic Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800. Iran -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800. Iran. Islamic Empire. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12352759

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ISBN:	0748696997 9780748696994 9780748696987 (hardback) 9781474406512 1474406513
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017).
Summary:	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{u2019}s time and place.
Other form:	Print version: 9780748696987

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