Writing for the Caliphate: The Unique Necklace by Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih*
This study undertakes a political reading of the ʿIqd al-farīd by Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih (246/860-328/940). It proposes to identify this adab encyclopaedia, composed in Cordova as a “caliphal” composition, by interpreting its conceptual agenda and compositional structure against the background of (neo-) Um...
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| Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Al-'Usur al-Wusta |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/6853 |