The sword of ambition : bureaucratic rivalry in medieval Egypt / Abū ʻAmr ʻUthmān ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi al-Miṣrī ; edited and translated by Luke B. Yarbrough.

Name: The sword of ambition : bureaucratic rivalry in medieval Egypt / Abū ʻAmr ʻUthmān ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi al-Miṣrī ; edited and translated by Luke B. Yarbrough.
Author: Yarbrough, Luke B., editor translator., Nābulusī, ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm, active 1235. Lumaʻ al-qawānīn al-muḍīyah fī dawāwīn al-diyār al-Miṣrīyah., Nābulusī, ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm, active 1235. Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-istikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah. English.

Title	The sword of ambition : bureaucratic rivalry in medieval Egypt / Abū ʻAmr ʻUthmān ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi al-Miṣrī ; edited and translated by Luke B. Yarbrough.
Author	Yarbrough, Luke B., editor translator., Nābulusī, ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm, active 1235. Lumaʻ al-qawānīn al-muḍīyah fī dawāwīn al-diyār al-Miṣrīyah., Nābulusī, ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm, active 1235. Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-istikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah. English.
Publication Date:	2016
Publication Place	- New York University Press
Subject	Administrative agencies -- Egypt -- Early works to 1800., Egypt -- Politics and government -- 640-1882 -- Early works to 1800.
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource
Library:	University College Dublin Library
Library Asset ID	9781479839087 (electronic bk.), 1479839086 (electronic bk.), 9781479842575 (e-book), 1479842575 (e-book), 9781479889457, 1479889458
Record ID	b3221509
Library Location	In collection: Ebook Central Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Date	2016
Sample Text	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, the book's author, an unemployed Egyptian scholar and former bureaucrat named 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi (d. 660/1262), poured his deep knowledge of history, law, and literature into the work. Now edited in full and translated for the first time, The Sword of Ambition opens a new window onto the fascinating culture of elite rivalry in the late-medieval Islamic Middle East. It contains a wealth of little-known historical anecdotes, unusual religious opinions, obscure and witty poetry, and humorous cultural satire. Above all, it reveals that much of the inter-communal animosity of the era was conditioned by fierce competition for scarce resources that were increasingly mediated by an ideologically committed Sunni Muslim state. This insight reminds us that seemingly timeless and inevitable "religious" conflict must be considered in its broader historical perspective. The Sword of Ambition is both the earliest and most eclectic of several independent works composed in medieval Egypt against the employment of Coptic and Jewish officials, and is vivid testimony to the gradual integration of Islamic scholarship and state administration that was well underway in its day
Bibliyografya	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Seri	Library of Arabic Literature, Library of Arabic literature.

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The sword of ambition : bureaucratic rivalry in medieval Egypt / Abū ʻAmr ʻUthmān ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi al-Miṣrī ; edited and translated by Luke B. Yarbrough.

Author Yarbrough, Luke B., editor translator., Nābulusī, ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm, active 1235. Lumaʻ al-qawānīn al-muḍīyah fī dawāwīn al-diyār al-Miṣrīyah., Nābulusī, ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm, active 1235. Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-istikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah. English.

Publication Date 2016

Publication Place - New York University Press

Subject Administrative agencies -- Egypt -- Early works to 1800., Egypt -- Politics and government -- 640-1882 -- Early works to 1800.

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource

Library University College Dublin Library

Library Asset ID 9781479839087 (electronic bk.), 1479839086 (electronic bk.), 9781479842575 (e-book), 1479842575 (e-book), 9781479889457, 1479889458

Record ID b3221509

Library Location In collection: Ebook Central Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Date 2016

Sample Text 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, the book's author, an unemployed Egyptian scholar and former bureaucrat named 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi (d. 660/1262), poured his deep knowledge of history, law, and literature into the work. Now edited in full and translated for the first time, The Sword of Ambition opens a new window onto the fascinating culture of elite rivalry in the late-medieval Islamic Middle East. It contains a wealth of little-known historical anecdotes, unusual religious opinions, obscure and witty poetry, and humorous cultural satire. Above all, it reveals that much of the inter-communal animosity of the era was conditioned by fierce competition for scarce resources that were increasingly mediated by an ideologically committed Sunni Muslim state. This insight reminds us that seemingly timeless and inevitable "religious" conflict must be considered in its broader historical perspective. The Sword of Ambition is both the earliest and most eclectic of several independent works composed in medieval Egypt against the employment of Coptic and Jewish officials, and is vivid testimony to the gradual integration of Islamic scholarship and state administration that was well underway in its day

Bibliyografya Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seri Library of Arabic Literature, Library of Arabic literature.