In Arabic, with introduction and notes in English.
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"Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-stikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah is a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of a text by ʻUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī (d. 660/1262), also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic Literature as The Sword of Ambition. In this work addressed to the Ayyubid sultan, al-Nābulusī argues against employing Coptic and Jewish officials, leaving no rhetorical stone unturned as he pours his deep knowledge of history, law, and literature into the work"-- Provided by publisher.