Disenchanting the caliphate : the secular discipline of power in abbasid political thought /

Disenchanting the Caliphate offers a groundbreaking new account of political discourse in Islamic history. Closely reading key eighth-century texts, Hayrettin Yücesoy traces how notions of good governance and reflections on prudent statecraft arose among cosmopolitan literati, shedding light on the...

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Main Author: Yücesoy, Hayrettin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
Series:Columbia studies in international and global history.
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