Advice and advice literature - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Advice and advice literature - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Marlow, Louise

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059840
Doc. NO	:	ALei237
Main Entry	:	Marlow, Louise
Title & Author	:	Advice and advice literature - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Marlow, Louise
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(18,486 words)
Abstract	:	Advice literature , as the term is understood in modern scholarly discourse, primarily denotes works of counsel for rulers and members of the political and cultural elites. Such compositions are also sometimes known as “mirrors for princes,” a phrase that served as a title for many mediaeval European works of political advice and has been adopted by Islamicists to describe similar books written in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. The soliciting, offering, and receiving of advice or counsel constitute important elements in social relationships, and from antiquity onwards, many cultures have produced
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei237.pdf