Counsel for Kings: Wisdom and Politics in Tenth-Century Iran: Volume I: The Nasihat al-muluk of Pseudo-Mawardi: Contexts and Themes

ISBN-13: 9780748696901 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 352 str.

L. Marlow

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Preface; Notes on Transliteration and Dates; Glossary; Introduction; Part I: Situating the Text; Map 1: The Nile-to-Oxus Region in the Tenth Century; Chapter 1. An Early Samanid View of History: The Dating of Naṣīḥat al-mulūk; Map 2: The Oxus Regions in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries 85; Chapter 2. A Liminal Setting: The Location of Naṣīḥat al-mulūk; Part II: Governance and Society; Chapter 3. Kingship and Governance: Concepts and Terminology; Chapter 4. Intermediaries and Networks; Part III: The Religious Landscape; Chapter 5. Multiplicity and Rhetoric; Chapter 6. Religion and the Samanid Amirs; Chapter 7. The Afflictions of the Kingdom and Their Remedies; Chapter 8. The Religious Sensibility of Naṣīḥat al-mulūk; Fig. 1: The Samanids; Fig. 2: The Samanid Dynastic Family; Notes.