A Preacher’s Mirror: Mixing Advice and Panegyric in Ibn al-Ǧawzī’s al-Miṣbāḥ al-muḍīʾ

This article examines the first chapter of al-Miṣbāḥ al-muḍīʾ fī ḫilāfat al-Mustaḍīʾ (“The Radiant Lamp: The Caliphate of al-Mustaḍīʾ”), a homiletic mirror for princes written by the Ḥanbalī scholar and preacher Ibn al-Ǧawzī (d. 597/1201). As a work dedicated to the Abbasid caliph al-Mustaḍīʾ (r. 5...

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Main Author: Han Hsien Liew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2024-12-01
Series:Al-Qantara : Revista de Estudios Arabes
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Online Access:https://al-qantara.revistas.csic.es/index.php/al-qantara/article/view/704
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