Research Catalog

Title

Les secrétaires nestoriens à Bagdad, 762-1258 AD / par Cécile Cabrol.

Author

Cabrol, Cécile, 1969-

Publication

Beyrouth : Université Saint-Joseph, 2012.

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Details

Description

339 pages : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Since its foundation in 762 by the caliph al-Mansûr, Baghdad was a cosmopolitan capital where functionaries and Christian scholars played a major role. The secretary, or kâtib, was a functionary, a private advisor, a calligrapher, a cultural model and a faithful servant occupying positions of trust in the caliphate's administration. In this study, the author evaluates the role of Nestorian secretaries in Abbasid society, going beyond the sociological and cultural context, and explaining the methods and techniques of the scribes and the administration. In addition, the author considers the Nestorian secretaries' status as dhimmis in their society. As auxiliaries of Islamic power and as special intermediaries of the Nestorian community, their role sheds light on Islamic-Christian relations during the classical age of Islam.

Series Statement

Corpus de Recherches Arabes Chretiennes ; 1

Uniform Title

Corpus de recherches arabes chrétiennes ; 1.

Subject

• 750-1258
• Assyrians > Iraq > Baghdad > History
• Syriac Christians > Iraq > Baghdad > History
• Church of the East members
• Assyrian Church of the East members
• Assyrians
• Employees
• Ethnic relations
• Syriac Christians
• Iraq > Officials and employees
• Islamic Empire > Ethnic relations
• Islamic Empire > History > 750-1258
• Iraq
• Iraq > Baghdad
• Islamic Empire

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index.

ISBN

• 9953455236
• 9789953455235

LCCN

2013325518

OCLC

• ocn823868792
• 823868792
• SCSB-1643053

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library