Tajrid sayf al-himmah li-stikhraj ma fi dhimmat al-dhimmahis a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of a text by 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi, which is also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic Literature asThe Sword of Ambition. In this work addressed to the Ayyubid sultan, al-Nabulusi argues against employing Coptic and Jewish officials, leaving no rhetorical stone unturned as he pours his deep knowledge of history, law, and literature into the work.
An Arabic edition with English scholarly apparatus.
Luke Yarbrough is to be congratulated for a very fine piece of philological scholarship... [A] first-class edition. Luke Yarbrough has done the field of medieval Middle Eastern history a service... [An] excellent edition.
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