Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Preface vii
5. Notes on Transliteration and Dates x
6. Glossary xii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I Situating the Text
9. 1 An Early Samanid View of History: The Dating of Na‚īªat al-mulūk 25
10. 2 A Liminal Setting: The Location of Na‚īªat al-mulūk 62
11. Part II Governance and Society
12. 3 Kingship and Governance: Concepts and Terminology 95
13. 4 Intermediaries and Networks 129
14. Part III The Religious Landscape
15. 5 Multiplicity and Rhetoric 151
16. 6 Religion and the Samanid Amirs 173
17. 7 The Afflictions of the Kingdom and their Remedies 191
18. 8 The Religious Sensibility of Nasihat al-mulūk 228
19. Notes 242
20. Index 330