Diplomacy in the Early Islamic World
A Tenth-Century Treatise on Arab-Byzantine Relations
Seiten
2019
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78831-352-0 (ISBN)
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78831-352-0 (ISBN)
Arab messengers played a vital role in the medieval Islamic world and its diplomatic relations with foreign powers. An innovative treatise from the 10th Century ("Rusul al-Muluk", "Messengers of Kings") is perhaps the most important account of the diplomacy of the period, and it is here translated into English for the first time. "Rusul al-Muluk" draws on examples from the Qur'an and other sources which extend from the period of al-jahiliyya to the time of the 'Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim (218-227/833-842). In the only medieval Arabic work which exists on the conduct of messengers and their qualifications, the author Ibn al-Farr rejects jihadist policies in favor of quiet diplomacy and a pragmatic outlook of constructive realpolitik. "Rusul al-Muluk" is an extraordinarily important and original contribution to our understanding of the early Islamic world and the field of International Relations and Diplomatic History.
Maria Vaiou is Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Byzantine History at Sabanc University, Istanbul. She completed her PhD at the University of Oxford.
1. Introduction
The Importance of the Kitab Rusul al-Muluk
The Accounts of ‘Abbasid-Byzantine Exchanges
The Period of al-Mansur
The Period of Harun al-Rashid
The Period of al-Mamun
The Period of al-Mu‘tasim
2. Description of the Text
Author
Date
The Place of the Composition: Spain
Genre
Arrangement of the Author’s Material
Tenth-century Byzantine and Muslim Treatises on Diplomatic Protocol
Contents
3. Manuscripts
4. Notes on the Translation
5. Translation: Messengers of Kings
Erscheinungsdatum | 08.01.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | 10 bw integrated, 2 maps |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 435 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78831-352-6 / 1788313526 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78831-352-0 / 9781788313520 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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