Friends of the emir : non-Muslim state officials in premodern Islamic thought /

The caliphs and sultans who once ruled the Muslim world were often assisted by powerful Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian and other non-Muslim state officials, whose employment occasioned energetic discussions among Muslim scholars and rulers. This book reveals those discussions for the first time in a...

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Main Author:	Yarbrough, Luke B. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Series:	Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Subjects:	Islam and state > Islamic Empire. Islam > Relations. HISTORY / Middle East / General. Islamic Empire > Intellectual life. Islamic Empire > Politics and government. Islamic Empire > Officials and employees.