Władca idealny według „Księgi o władzy”, pierwszej części Kitāb al-c iqd al-farīd Ibn c Abd Rabbiha
The Perfect Ruler According to the „Book of the Sovereign Power”, Chapter One of the Kitāb Al-c Iqd al-Farīd by Ibn c Abd Rabbih

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to shed some new light on the role of the male character in medieval Arabic literature. It focuses on the model of the ruler which features in Andalusian adab literature in Al-c Iqd al-Farīd, a work of Ibn c Abd Rabbih. The description of the ruler’s powers, privileges, tasks, and duties are included in the first chapter of the work, which is a typical example of paraenetic literature outlining specific patterns of conduct related to one’s position. Presenting the model ruler, Ibn c Abd Rabbih used the same sources that were known in the East and selected those that, in his opinion, made up the image of a perfect ruler. The fundamental features of the ruler described in his work indicate that there were some universal attributes of the dynast in the Middle Ages.

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