Nābulusī, .AUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm,  active 1235, <br/><br/>
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. 
 - New York, NY :  New York University Press,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781479839766 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018056655 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Administrative agencies--Egypt--Early works to 1800.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ3831  / .S967 2019