Licit magic : the life and letters of al-Ṣaḥib born ʻAbbad (d. 385/995) /
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In Licit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-Ṣāḥib born ʿAbbād (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, Muʿtazilī theology and Shīʿism in Western Iran. Making use of Ibn ʿAbbād's large corpus of letters ( rasāʾil ), 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 ʿAbbād displayed in his letters was central to his exercise of power.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
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Pour un humanisme vécu : Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī : essai sur la personnalité morale, intellectuelle et littéraire d'un grand prosateur et humaniste arabe engagé dans la société de l'...
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At head of title : Institut français de Damas.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Université de Paris IV) under the title : Essai sur le personnalité morale et intellectuelle d'Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī. :
xlii, 471 pages ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxiii]-xlii) and index.