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Counsel for Kings

Wisdom and Politics in Tenth-Century Iran: Volume I: The Nasihat al-muluk of Pseudo-Mawardi: Contexts and Themes
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2016

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Mirrors for princes form a substantial and important genre in many pre-modern literatures. Their ostensible purpose is to advise the king; at the same time they assert that the king, if he is truly virtuous, will appreciate being reminded of the contingency of his power. The unknown author of the Counsel for Kings studied in this book wrote in a distinctive early tenth-century Iranian environment. He deploys an abundant set of cultural materials representing ‘perennial wisdom’ of mixed provenances, which he reinvigorates by applying them to the circumstances of his own time and place.　
The first volume situates Counsel for Kings in its historical context. The second volume gives direct access to a substantial portion of the text through translation and commentary.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    List of Illustrations

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    Preface

    vii
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    Notes on Transliteration and Dates

    x
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    Glossary

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    Introduction

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  • Part I Situating the Text
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    1 An Early Samanid View of History: The Dating of Na‚īªat al-mulūk

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    2 A Liminal Setting: The Location of Na‚īªat al-mulūk

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  • Part II Governance and Society
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    3 Kingship and Governance: Concepts and Terminology

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    4 Intermediaries and Networks

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  • Part III The Religious Landscape
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    5 Multiplicity and Rhetoric

    151
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    6 Religion and the Samanid Amirs

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    7 The Afflictions of the Kingdom and their Remedies

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    8 The Religious Sensibility of Nasihat al-mulūk

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    Notes

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    Index

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February 15, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9780748696918
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748696918
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Islamic Studies
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For universities and colleges of further and higher education
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