Golden councils

This book is concerned with the study of the drawings and systems of the councils of the princes and Umayyad caliphs in Al-Andalus and analyzing the space of the imperial council in general; because it is the fundamental pillar in the system of authority in the Islamic state, as the most prominent manifestations of the practice of authority by the princes and caliphs appear in their councils through their drawings and systems. Therefore, it was necessary to study the drawings and systems of the councils, considering them an essential and fundamental matter in understanding and analyzing the internal structures of states, as every development within them reflects a specific development of this or that system, as well as its nature and practice of authority. It also reveals another narrative of history in which the clash of swords and the neighing of horses do not appear, but rather it goes beyond that to broader images and more detailed perspectives, telling the story of civilization from another side and from a different point of view.