The sword of ambition : bureaucratic rivalry in medieval Egypt / by 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi ; translated by Luke Yarbrough ; foreword by Sherman 'Abd al-Hakim Jackson.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- 1. The reprehensibility of employing Dhimmis for the Muslims' jobs, in Fifteen Sections -- 2. A Description of the Copts and Their Perfidies, in Fifteen Sections -- 3. A Description of Secretaries and Their Art, in Three Sections -- 4. An Account of the Ignorant Men Who Have Unworthily Donned the Garments of the Secretaries, in Three Sections -- A Section with Which I End This Book, Explaining My Reason for Composing It.

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