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.
| ISBN: | 9780300198652 |
| Publication date: | 7th March 2017 |
| Author: | 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Sha'rani |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | World Thought in Translation |
| Genres: |
Islamic groups: Sufis Mysticism Religion and politics Middle Eastern history |