This paper discusses passages from the Kitab al-Awraq by Abu Bakr al-Suli (d. 335/946) in which the author describes his interaction with his patrons and employers, contrasting these accounts with the norms set out by various manuals for courtiers which were written in this period.

Culture as currency : a career at Court / L. Osti. ((Intervento presentato al 26. convegno Congress Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants tenutosi a Basel (CH) nel 2012.

Culture as currency : a career at Court

L. Osti
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2012

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This paper discusses passages from the Kitab al-Awraq by Abu Bakr al-Suli (d. 335/946) in which the author describes his interaction with his patrons and employers, contrasting these accounts with the norms set out by various manuals for courtiers which were written in this period.
13-set-2012
Abbasid Caliphate ; Abbasid economic history ; Abu Bakr al-Suli ; Abbasid court
Settore L-OR/12 - Lingua e Letteratura Araba
Settore L-OR/10 - Storia dei Paesi Islamici
Union Européenne del Arabisants et Islamisants
Culture as currency : a career at Court / L. Osti. ((Intervento presentato al 26. convegno Congress Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants tenutosi a Basel (CH) nel 2012.
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