{"product_id":"thefutureofiranspastnizamal-mulkremembered","title":"The Future of Iran’s Past: Nizam al-Mulk Remembered","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeguin Yavari\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781849048200\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is a critical study of the life and afterlife of Nizam al-Mulk (1018-92), celebrated Persian vizier and stalwart figure of power and authority in medieval Islamic society. He became the de facto ruler of a vast empire, with a final apotheosis as Islamic history’s archetypal good vizier. Such was his standing among the glitterati of his era that he was considered an ideal replacement for the Abbasid caliph himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as the outstanding figure in a long run of great viziers and administrators who dominated premodern Islamic politics, al-Mulk is remembered as the most prominent politician of the period to perceive new beginnings and radical departures. Neguin Yavari offers a close reading of al-Mulk’s many legacies, revealing a complex imbrication of political and religious authority, as well as pre-Islamic and Islamic influences that have together shaped modern Iran. She shows that the new Iran of al-Mulk’s singular vision, rather than a tale of uninterrupted Iranisation, is imbued with an extensive interplay of residual and emergent tendencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hurst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8153783959587,"sku":"9781849048200","price":69.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/2760a6ad0fad0e181615afd3563877220cd457a1.jpg?v=1528268043","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/thefutureofiranspastnizamal-mulkremembered","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}