Title: Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-stikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah : a scholarly edition of ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī's text /
Authors: Nābulusī, ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm, active 1235; Yarbrough, Luke B.
Year: 2019
Subjects: Administrative agencies Egypt Early works to 1800.; Administrative agencies; Politics and government; Egypt Politics and government Early works to 1800.; Egypt
Abstract: "Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-stikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah is a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of a text by ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī (d. 660/1262), also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic Literature as The Sword of Ambition. In this work addressed to the Ayyubid sultan, al-Nābulusī argues against employing Coptic and Jewish officials, leaving no rhetorical stone unturned as he pours his deep knowledge of history, law, and literature into the work"--