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Writers and Rulers: Perspectives on Their Relationship from Abbasid to Safavid Times

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Writers and Rulers: Perspectives on Their Relationship from Abbasid to Safavid Times - Gruendler, Beatrice (Editor), and Marlow, Louise (Editor)
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English summary: Nine essays explore the ways in which individual Arabic and Persian authors between the ninth and seventeenth centuries (with examples drawn from the Abbasid to the Safavid dynasties) chose rulers and other political leaders as recipients for their writings, and instrumentalized or re-created literary traditions in order to establish an authority for themselves, satisfy their own conditions and aspirations, and meet the demands of their addressees. German description: Neun Essays uber individuelle arabische ...

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Writers and Rulers: Perspectives on Their Relationship from Abbasid to Safavid Times 2004, Dr Ludwig Reichert, Wiesbaden

ISBN-13: 9783895003769

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