
Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs
'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Sha'rani
Print publication date: 2017
ISBN: 9780300198652
Publisher: Yale University Press
Abstract
This book sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt. This guide to political behavior and expediency offers advice to Sufi shaykhs, or spiritual guides, on how to interact and negotiate with powerful secular officials, judges, and treasurers, or emirs. Translated into English, it is a unique account of the relationship between spiritual and political authority in late medieval/early modern Islamic society.