Licit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-ib b. Abbd (d. 385/995): The Life and Le

Description: Licit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-ib b. Abbd (d. 385/995) by Maurice Pomerantz In Licit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-ib b. Abbd (d. 385/995) Maurice A. Pomerantz explores the biography and literary output of a major tenth-century Muslim statesman, literary patron, and intellectual. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Licit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-ib b. Abbd (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 period for the flowering of Arabic letters, Mutazil theology and Shism in Western Iran. Making use of Ibn Abbds large corpus of letters (rasil), Pomerantz explores the role that eloquence played in the conduct of administration, the maintenance of social networks of elites, and persuasion. Licit Magic argues that the eloquent expression that Ibn Abbd displayed in his letters was central to his exercise of power. Author Biography Maurice A. Pomerantz, Ph.D. (2010), University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of Literature at New York University, Abu Dhabi. He is the editor of The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning (Brill, 2016). Table of Contents Acknowledgments1 An Introduction to Ibn Abbd and His Letters A Letter of Longing for an Absent Friend al-ib Ibn Abbd: Finding a Context Ibn Abbd and Arabo-Islamic Epistolography Ibn Abbd Inside and Outside His Letters Ibn Abbd in His Own Words? Plan of the BookA Buyid Politician, Polymath and Patron2 A Life in Politics Birth, Family, and Early Education of Isml b. Abbd Ibn Abbds Studies in Rayy with Ab l-Fal Ibn al-Amd Scribe and Scholar in Baghdad Rivalry with Ab l-Fat for Succession to the Vizierate of Rayy Ibn Abbd Becomes Vizier in Rayy Ibn Abbd and the Rise of Aud al-Dawla Vizier for Fakhr al-Dawla: 373–85/983–95 The End of an Era3 A Mutazil Polymath Dialectical Theology (kalm) Legal Schools (madhhib) and the Imamate Lexicography (al-lugha) History (trkh) Poetry (shir) Poetic Criticism (naqd al-shir) Qurnic Interpretation adth and its Criticism Grammar (naw) Foreign Sciences (ulm al-awil) Ibn Abbd as a Scholar in the Fourth/Tenth Century4 A Patron and Social Networker Ibn Abbds Patronage System Ibn Abbds Court The Library of Ibn Abbd The Patron at Court Ibn Abbd as a Social Networker Ibn Abbd as a Courtly IntellectualAn Epistolographer and Adb5 A Letter Writer and His Letters The Vizier as an Epistolographer The Letters of Ibn Abbd FA = al-Ful al-adabiyya wa-l-mursalt al-abbdiyya (The literary excerpts and the Abbdian correspondence) KB = Kaml al-balgha (The perfection in rhetoric) YD = Yatmat al-dahr f masin ahl al-ar (The unique pearl of time concerning the excellencies of the poets of the age) The Transmission of Individual Letters6 Sulniyyt: Governmental and Administrative Letters Government Proclamations, Edicts, and Other Formal Documents Government Correspondence Sulniyyt: Two Discourses of Power7 Letters of Friendship (Ikhwniyyt) Formal Ikhwniyyt and the Rhetoric of Courtly Friendship Letters to Boon Companions (nudam) Letters of Jesting (mudabt) Letters of Congratulation Letters of Condolence (taz) Letters of Intercession and Patronage Letters to Mutazil Scholars Letters to Alid Sharfs Ikhwniyyt: Between Elites and Community8 Ibn Abbd as Epistolographer The Structure of Individual Letters in the Collection of Ibn Abbd Saj: Rhymed and Rythmic Prose Iqtibs: Quotations from the Qurn Erudite Allusion in Letters Poetic Allusion in the Letters Poetry into Prose: Varieties of all al-Na"m in Ibn Abbds Rasil9 ConclusionAppendix 1: Translation of a Letter of ConquestAppendix 2: A Guide to the Extant Letters of Ibn AbbdBibliographyIndex of Arabic TermsIndex of Proper Names Review Winner of the World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2019. Long Description In Licit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-aib b. Abbad (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 period for the flowering of Arabic letters, Mutazili theology and Shiism in Western Iran. Making use of Ibn Abbads large corpus of letters ( rasail ), Pomerantz explores the role that eloquence played in the conduct of administration, the maintenance of social networks of elites, and persuasion. Licit Magic argues that the eloquent expression that Ibn Abbad displayed in his letters was central to his exercise of power. Review Quote Winner of the World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2019. Details ISBN9004345825 Short Title Licit Magic Pages 316 Series Islamic History and Civilization Language English Year 2017 ISBN-10 9004345825 ISBN-13 9789004345829 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2017-11-09 Subtitle The Life and Letters of Al-ṢāḥIb B. ʿAbbāD (D. 385/995) Series Number 146 Publisher Brill Imprint Brill Place of Publication Leiden Country of Publication Netherlands Illustrations 35 Tables, black and white Author Maurice Pomerantz Alternative 9789004348042 DEWEY 955.022092 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158439475;

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