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In this book Pascal Buresi and Hicham El Aallaoui edit, translate and study an Arabic manuscript of the Royal Library of Rabat, containing 77 appointments of provincial officials. The Almohad Caliphs were the first Berbers to unite the whole Maghrib and the Iberian Peninsula under an imperial ideology elaborated at the end of the 12th C.E. by the most famous scholars, such as Averroes.This peripheral Islamic dynasty produced a pragmatic documentation that provides exceptional information about the administrative, political, ideological and religious organisation of the largest medieval European-African Empire. Buresi and El Aallaoui convincingly stress the importance of the literature of the Chancellery in renewing the history of power and authority in medieval Islamic lands.Planned Publication Date: October 2012 • ISBN 978 90 04 23333 1 • Hardback (approx. 469 pp.) •  99.00 € • Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib, n°3.* * *Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib is a series of peer reviewed monographs and coherent edited volumes on the societies of the Maghrib.Edited by Amira K. Bennison, University of Cambridge, Léon Buskens, University of Leiden and Houari Touati, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris.The Maghrib is a category used by scholars working within several traditions and disciplines. For this series it is understood in its widest sense, covering societies ranging from Mauritania to Libya and its relations with Western Egypt and al-Andalus. This area offers a useful framework for analysis, since its societies show similarities as well as differences which make comparison especially worthwhile. The series aims to publish innovative original work on various aspects of Maghribi societies and covers the entire span of the Islamic history of the region, with a notable interest in current developments. Since all aspects of its social and cultural life are considered of interest, the series encompasses many disciplines ranging from traditional philological approaches to history, art, and the social and political sciences. Monographs, edited texts, translations, and edited volumes are all welcome to be part of the series. Comparative analyses, preferably theoretically informed, are also welcome.Books in English and French are eligible for publication.+ infos: http://www.brill.nl/publications/studies-history-and-society-maghrib&#160;