A nineteenth century Islamic argument for constitutional government
Subtitle: the muqaddima (introduction) to Ithaf ahl al-zaman bi akhbar muluk Tunis wa ʻahd al-aman (Presenting contemporaries the history of the rulers of Tunis and the fundamental pact)
By: by Ahmad ibn Abi Diyaf ; translated from the Arabic with introduction and notes by L. Carl Brown.
Contributors: Brown, L. Carl 1928-
Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Aḥmad, Bey of Tunis, 1861 or 2-1942 or 3.; Tunisia -- History -- 1516-1881.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Invocation and introduction; title: On government and its varieties; title: Absolute rule; title: Republican rule; title: Government limited by law (qanun); title: Conclusion; title: The 1857 fundamental pact.