The Sword of Ambition : : Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt / / ʿUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• VerfasserIn: al-Nābulusī, ʿUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm,
• MitwirkendeR: Jackson, Sherman 'Abd al-Hakim,; Jackson, Sherman ʿAbd Al-Ḥakĩm,; Yarbrough, Luke,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature ; 52
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Letter from the General Editor --; About this Paperback --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; A Note on the Text --; Notes to the Introduction --; The Sword of Ambition --; The First Chapter, On the Reprehensibility of Employing Dhimmis for the Muslims’ Jobs, in Fifteen Sections --; The Second Chapter, A Description of the Copts and Their Perfidies, in Fifteen Sections --; The Third Chapter, A Description of Secretaries and Their Art, in Three Sections --; The Fourth Chapter, An Account of the Ignorant Men Who Have Unworthily Donned the Garments of the Secretaries, in Three Sections --; Notes --; The Fatimid Caliphs in Egypt --; The Ayyubid Sultans in Egypt --; Glossary of Names and Terms --; Bibliography --; Further Reading --; Index --; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute --; About the Translator --; The Library of Arabic Literature
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479839766; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704730; 9783110704525; 9783110722727
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9781479839766.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ʿUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī.

Patronage, power, and competition in the Sultan’s courtThe Sword of Ambition opens a new window onto interreligious rivalry among elites in medieval Egypt. Written by the unemployed bureaucrat 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi, it contains a wealth of little-known historical anecdotes, unusual religious opinions, obscure and witty poetry, and humorous cultural satire. Leaving no rhetorical stone unturned, al-Nabulusi pours his deep knowledge of history, law, and literature into the work—addressed to the Ayyubid sultan—as he argues against the employment of Coptic and Jewish officials. Written at a time when much of the inter-communal animosity of the era was conditioned by fierce competition for scarce resources that were increasingly controlled by an ideologically committed Sunni Muslim state, The Sword of Ambition reminds us that “religious” conflict must always be considered in its broader historical perspective.