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ISBN 10: 147982478X 
ISBN 13: 9781479824786
Author: Uthman ibn Ibrahim al Nabulusi

Patronage, power, and competition in the Sultan’s court

The Sword of Ambition opens a new window onto interreligious rivalry among elites in medieval Egypt. Written by the unemployed bureaucrat 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi, it contains a wealth of little-known historical anecdotes, unusual religious opinions, obscure and witty poetry, and humorous cultural satire. Leaving no rhetorical stone unturned, al-Nabulusi pours his deep knowledge of history, law, and literature into the work―addressed to the Ayyubid sultan―as he argues against the employment of Coptic and Jewish officials.

Written at a time when much of the inter-communal animosity of the era was conditioned by fierce competition for scarce resources that were increasingly controlled by an ideologically committed Sunni Muslim state, The Sword of Ambition reminds us that “religious” conflict must always be considered in its broader historical perspective.

An English-only edition.

The Sword of Ambition 1st Table of contents:

1. A Note on the Text
2. Notes to the Introduction
3. The Sword of Ambition
4. The First Chapter, On the Reprehensibility of Employing Dhimmis for the Muslims’ Jobs, in Fifteen Sections
5. The First Section: The Testimony of the Illustrious Book
6. The Second Section: The Example of the Messenger of God
7. The Third Section: The Testimony of the Ancient Authorities
8. The Fourth Section: The Example of Imam Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, God Be Pleased with Him
9. The Fifth Section: The Example of Imam ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
10. The Sixth Section: The Example of ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwān
11. The Seventh Section: The Deeds of al-Ḥajjāj
12. The Eighth Section: The Example of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, God Be Pleased with Him
13. The Ninth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Manṣūr
14. The Tenth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Mahdī
15. The Eleventh Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd
16. The Twelfth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Maʾmūn
17. The Thirteenth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of al-Mutawakkil
18. The Fourteenth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Muqtadir Bi-llāh
19. The Fifteenth Section: Examples of the Jews’ Ignominy, Wickedness, and Trickery
20. The Second Chapter, A Description of the Copts and Their Perfidies, in Fifteen Sections
21. The First Section: A General Description of Them
22. The Second Section: Why the Copts Specialize as Secretaries and Neglect Other Professions
23. The Third Section: Concerning Their Pervasive yet Imperceptible Influence in the Land of Egypt
24. The Fourth Section: How Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn Discovered Their Notorious Malfeasance, and How He Resolved to Act toward Them
25. The Fifth Section: What Befell Them at the Hands of Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān
26. The Sixth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh
27. The Seventh Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of al-Āmir, and the Confiscations Carried Out by the Accursed Monk
28. The Eighth Section: Their Perfidy in the Story of ʿArīb the Singer
29. The Ninth Section: Their Scheming in the Days of al-Ḥāfiẓ, Their Perfidy during His Regime, and the Way in Which They Corrupted Aspects of His Life Which Had Otherwise Been Righteous
30. The Tenth Section: Their Shameless Testimony in Court Cases Involving Muslims
31. The Eleventh Section: Concerning Their Scheming in Carrying Out the Cadastral Survey, and Their Shamelessness in Causing Harm, with No Concern for God, Be He Exalted, No Fear of Scandal from the Discovery of Their Disgrace, and No Regard for Consequences
32. The Twelfth Section: Their Scheming against a Certain Judicial Witness Who Was in Their Company, and How They Cannot Be Restrained from Malfeasance
33. The Thirteenth Section: Concerning a Calculated Stratagem Carried Out by a Christian against His Jewish Associate, a Shocking Act That Only Someone of That Accursed Community Would Dare to Commit
34. The Fourteenth Section: Their Disgraceful Deeds in the Days of al-ʿĀḍid, When al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzīk Was Sultan
35. The Fifteenth Section: Why It Is That When One of Them Converts to Islam Due to Some Predicament or Calamity, He Becomes Even More Miserable and Dishonest than He Had Been Formerly, and Even More Insolent
36. The Third Chapter, A Description of Secretaries and Their Art, in Three Sections
37. The First Section: A Description of the Secretarial Art
38. The Second Section: An Account of Those Men Who May Properly Be Called Secretaries, along with Some of Their Achievements in Prose, Though It Be but a Single Phrase to Demonstrate the Excellence of Each One
39. The Third Section: Examples of the Poetry Produced by the Most Excellent Secretaries, Though It Be but a Single Line Each
40. The Fourth Chapter, An Account of the Ignorant Men Who Have Unworthily Donned the Garments of the Secretaries, in Three Sections
41. The First Section: Poetry Composed about Such Men in Former and More Recent Times
42. The Second Section: Concerning Amusing Aspects of Their Vulgar Expression, and Their Foolishness244
43. The Third Section, From Which Our Book Gets Its Title: What Should Be Done with Them, Namely, Taking Back the Property They Have Skimmed for Themselves from Public Funds Rightfully Belonging to the Muslims
44. A Section with Which I End This Book, Explaining My Reason for Composing It
45. Notes
46. The Fatimid Caliphs in Egypt
47. The Ayyubid Sultans in Egypt

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