Imperial Government and Authority in Medieval Western Islam IGAMWI
Imperial Government and Authority in Medieval Western Islam IGAMWI
Imperial Government and Authority in Medieval Western Islam IGAMWI
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The Corpus: 300 documents of Chancery<br />
! The!nature!of!the!documents:<br />
" Letters!of!military!victory!or!defeat<br />
" Advice!to!the!population!of!the!Empire<br />
" Acts!of!nom<strong>in</strong>ation!or!destitution!of!imperial!civil!servants<br />
" Caliphal!speeches!about!general!policy!<strong>and</strong>!imperial!decisions<br />
" Letters!of!<strong>in</strong>formation!issued!by!the!prov<strong>in</strong>ces!to!the!Caliph<br />
All!to!be!read!publicly!<strong>in</strong>!the!Great!mosques!of!the!Empire<br />
! Orig<strong>in</strong>s!of!the!documents<br />
! !Orig<strong>in</strong>als:!10%<br />
!<br />
!Quotations <strong>in</strong> narratives, <strong>in</strong> poetic <strong>and</strong> literary anthologies,<br />
<strong>in</strong> bio-bibliographical or geographic dictionaries: 40%<br />
!<br />
Manual of chanceries or books of forms: 50%
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