Licit magic : : the life and letters of al-Ṣaḥib b. 'Abbad (d. 385/995) / / by Maurice A. Pomerantz.
In Licit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-Ṣāḥib born ʿAbbād (d. 385/995) Maurice A. Pomerantz explores the biography and literary output of a major tenth-century Muslim statesman, literary patron, and intellectual. His nearly two-decade reign as vizier on behalf of two Buyid amirs was an important...
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| Superior document: | Islamic History and Civilization : Studies and Texts, Volume 146 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018. ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islamic history and civilization ;
Volume 146. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (316 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- An Introduction to Ibn ʿAbbād and His Letters
- A Life in Politics
- A Muʿtazilī Polymath
- A Patron and Social Networker
- A Letter Writer and His Letters
- Sulṭāniyyāt: Governmental and Administrative Letters
- Letters of Friendship (Ikhwāniyyāt)
- Ibn ʿAbbād as Epistolographer
- Conclusion
- Translation of a Letter of Conquest
- A Guide to the Extant Letters of Ibn ʿAbbād
- Bibliography
- Index of Arabic Terms
- Index of Proper Names.