How did government actually work in al-Andalus? In this episode, I discuss the kitaba, or 'art of the secretary', with Bruna Soravia. What did these secretaries (kuttab) do for rulers in eleventh-century Muslim Iberia? And how has the historiography of al-Andalus changed in recent years?
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Music: Karen Gomyo (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Image: Munich BSB Cod. arab. 4, p. 13 (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
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