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296 THOMAS BAUER Given the fact that the hunt was led by a person who had little interest in literature and that the most significant literary competence had been assembled in the diwän al-inshä', a crucial role came to be played by persons who held an officethat combined competence in the realm of the civil elite with power in the realm of the military elite. An office in this intermediate position was the vizier, in this time identical with the nä~ir al-diwän, 'supervisor of the chancellery: Another office even doser to the military was the dawädär, the 'bearer of the royal inkwell: His duties and his importance varied a great 'deal over time. The holders of these officeswere dose enough to the amirs to take part in their hunting expeditions side by 'sidewith the amirs and dose enough to the kuttäb to be interested in sophisticated literature and pay attention to communication by means of poetry and artistic prose. The first urjüza muzdawija of the Mamluk period was composed by al-Warräq for the vizier al-$äl:1ibTäj al-Din Ibn l:finnä and his brother. 25 Shihäb al-Din Ibn Fa
THE DAWÄDÄR'S HUNTING PARTY 297 is a Mufäkhara bayna 'l-Sayf wa 'l-Qalam 'Debate between the Sword and the Pen: first dedicated to al-Mu'ayyad. He accompanied his son al- Man~ür on one ofhis hunting safaris and immortalized it in his hunting urjuza. However,Ibn Nubäta was also in dose contact with the qiwän alinshä' of Damascus, especia11ywith the Banü Fa
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