Ṭabarī, ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān,  active 9th century. <br/><br/>
The book of religion and empire :  a semi-official defence and exposition of Islām written by order at the court and with the assistance of the Caliph Mutawakkil (A.D. 847-861) / 
by ʿAli Ṭabari ; translated with critical apparatus from an apparently unique ms. in the John Rylands Library / by A. Mingana. 
 - Manchester :  New York :  University Press ;  Longmans, Green,  1922. 
 - xxiv, 174 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam--Apologetic works.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297  / TAB 1922