{"product_id":"diplomacy-in-the-early-islamic-world-a-tenth-century-treatise-on-arab-byzantine-relations-9781788313520","title":"Diplomacy in the Early Islamic World: A Tenth-Century Treatise on Arab-Byzantine Relations","description":"Arab messengers played a vital role in the medieval Islamic world and its diplomatic relations with foreign powers. An innovative treatise from the 10th Century (\"Rusul al-Muluk\", \"Messengers of Kings\") is perhaps the most important account of the diplomacy of the period, and it is here translated into English for the first time. \"Rusul al-Muluk\" draws on examples from the Qur'an and other sources which extend from the period of al-jahiliyya to the time of the 'Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim (218-227\/833-842). In the only medieval Arabic work which exists on the conduct of messengers and their qualifications, the author Ibn al-Farr rejects jihadist policies in favor of quiet diplomacy and a pragmatic outlook of constructive realpolitik. \"Rusul al-Muluk\" is an extraordinarily important and original contribution to our understanding of the early Islamic world and the field of International Relations and Diplomatic History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria Vaiou is Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Byzantine History at Sabanc University, Istanbul. She completed her PhD at the University of Oxford.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50363170390290,"sku":"9781788313520","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e79702cd-22f8-4d62-8106-633608ddd9ca.jpg?v=1728406872","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/diplomacy-in-the-early-islamic-world-a-tenth-century-treatise-on-arab-byzantine-relations-9781788313520","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}