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Picturing Royal Charisma assesses how Middle Eastern leaders manipulated visuals to advance their rule from around 4500 BC to the 19th century AD. In nine fascinating narratives, it showcases the dynamics of long-lasting Middle Eastern traditions, dealing with the visualization of those who stood at the head of the social order. The contributions discuss: Mesopotamian kings who cast themselves as divine representatives in art; the relationships between the 'king of men' and 'king of beasts' - the lion; Akhenaten's visual conception of a divine king without hybrid attributes; the royal image as guiding movements of visitors in the palace of Nimrud; continuities in the functions and representation of Neo-Assyrian eunuchs that survived in the Achaemenid, Sasanian, Byzantine and Islamic courts; the triumphal arch of the emperor Titus and its reflections in Christian Constantinople; patterns of authority and royal legitimacy in 3rd century AD Palmyra and Rome; the use of the Biblical past in the construction of kingship in 12th century Crusader Jerusalem; and the use of 'the power of images' by Islamic rulers, adopting visuals of thrones and throne-rooms despite Islamic opposition to the figurative portrayal of kings.

Social sciences --- Islamic Thrones --- Titus Arch --- Turris David --- Mesopotamian Kings --- Lions --- Palmira --- Royal imagery --- Frankish Jerusalem --- Royal Art --- Kings --- Amarna Art --- Kingship --- Social Science / Archaeology

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This book explores how political power was conceptualised, constructed, and wielded in 12th-century al-Andalus, focusing on the eventful reign of Muhammad ibn Sad ibn Ahmad ibn Mardansh (r. 1147-1172). Celebrated in Castilian and Latin sources as El Rey Lobo/Rex Lupus 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 Mardansh 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. Through a close examination of contemporary sources across the region, the book shows that Ibn Mardansh's short-lived dynasty was actually an attempt to integrate al-Andalus more closely with the Islamic East-particularly the Abbasid caliphate.

Islam --- History. --- Ibn Mardanīsh, Muḥammad ibn Saʻd, --- Spain --- History --- Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Saʻd ibn Mardanīsh, --- Muḥammad ibn Saʻd ibn Mardanīsh, --- Judhamī, Muḥammad ibn Saʻd ibn Mardanīsh, --- Tujībī, Muḥammad ibn Saʻd ibn Mardanīsh, --- Rex Lupus, --- Rey Lobo, --- Rey Lope, --- Wolf King, --- Failed dynasties, Ibn Mardanīsh, Almohad al-Andalus, Twelfth-century Western Mediterranean history, kingship in the Middle Ages, medieval Iberia and Spain. --- Muslims --- Power (Social sciences) --- Islam and politics --- Andalusia (Spain) --- Kings and rulers --- Religious aspects. --- Civilization --- Islamic influences. --- European history.