TY - BOOK AU - Nābulusī,.AUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm AU - Yarbrough,Luke B. TI - The sword of ambition: bureaucratic rivalry in medieval Egypt SN - 9781479839766 AV - JQ3831 .S967 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - New York, NY PB - New York University Press KW - Administrative agencies KW - Egypt KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1909801&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -