{"product_id":"the-wolf-king-ibn-mardanish-and-the-construction-of-power-in-al-andalus-paperback","title":"The Wolf King: Ibn Mardanish and the Construction of Power in Al-Andalus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbigail Krasner Balbale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Dionisius A. Agius Book Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wolf King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores how political power was conceptualized, constructed, and wielded in twelfth-century al-Andalus, focusing on the eventful reign of Muhammad ibn Sad ibn Ahmad ibn Mardanīsh (r. 1147-1172)\u003c\/b\u003e. Celebrated in Castilian and Latin sources as \u003ci\u003eel rey lobo\/rex lupus\u003c\/i\u003e and denigrated by Almohad and later Arabic sources as irreligious and disloyal to fellow Muslims because he fought the Almohads and served as vassal to the Castilians, Ibn Mardanīsh ruled a kingdom that at its peak constituted nearly half of al-Andalus and served as an important buffer between the Almohads and the Christian kingdoms of Castile and Aragon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a close examination of contemporary sources across the region, Abigail Krasner Balbale shows that Ibn Mardanīsh's short-lived dynasty was actually an attempt to integrate al-Andalus more closely with the Islamic East--particularly the Abbasid caliphate. At stake in his battles against the Almohads was the very idea of the caliphate in this period, as well as who could define righteous religious authority. \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf King\u003c\/i\u003e makes effective use of chronicles, chancery documents, poetry, architecture, coinage, and artifacts to uncover how Ibn Mardanīsh adapted language and cultural forms from around the Islamic world to assert and consolidate power--and then tracks how these strategies, and the memory of Ibn Mardanīsh more generally, influenced expressions of kingship in subsequent periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbigail Krasner Balbale is Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Arts of Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45773790773445,"sku":"9781501781384","price":61.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/ntiLwo2euI9781501781384.webp?v=1770514795","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-wolf-king-ibn-mardanish-and-the-construction-of-power-in-al-andalus-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}