Description: In 7th/13th century Cairo, Ibn ʿAbd al-Ẓāhir and Shāfiʿ b.ʿAlī composed highly literary biographies of the sultans they served as chancery scribes. While these texts have traditionally been studied as legitimising propaganda, this b
Pub Date: June 30, 2025
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.51" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 0.76 lbs) 240 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Islamic Studies | Religion | Islam | General | Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern
Description: In 7th/13th century Cairo, Ibn ʿAbd al-Ẓāhir and Shāfiʿ b.ʿAlī composed highly literary biographies of the sultans they served as chancery scribes. While these texts have traditionally been studied as legitimising propaganda, this b