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  3. Medieval Muslim Mirrors for Princes
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  • Edited and translated by Louise Marlow, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781108348645
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108348645
Subjects:
Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History, Middle East History, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
Series:
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Book description

The 'mirror for princes' genre of literature offers advice to a ruler, or ruler-to-be, concerning the exercise of royal power and the wellbeing of the body politic. This anthology presents selections from the 'mirror literature' produced in the Islamic Early Middle Period (roughly the tenth to twelfth centuries CE), newly translated from the original Arabic and Persian, as well as a previously translated Turkish example. In these texts, authors advise on a host of political issues which remain compelling to our contemporary world: political legitimacy and the ruler's responsibilities, the limits of the ruler's power and the limits of the subjects' duty of obedience, the maintenance of social stability, causes of unrest, licit and illicit uses of force, the functions of governmental offices and the status and rights of diverse social groups. Medieval Muslim Mirrors for Princes is a unique introduction to this important body of literature, showing how these texts reflect and respond to the circumstances and conditions of their era, and of ours.

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‘Louise Marlow’s new publication is a meticulously curated anthology of translated mirrors for princes that were composed in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish during the Islamic Middle Ages.… This new title stands as yet another notable contribution to her outstanding scholarship on the topic.… [it] will serve not only as a valuable resource for advancing the scholarship on Islamic political thought and practice, but also as a resource for college teachers seeking fresh materials to introduce into their classrooms.’

Jonathan Brack Source: Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies

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