@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {14431},
      author = {Biran, Michal},
      title = {Āṣaf ibn Barakhyā in the Mongol and Mamluk Realms: Between  Vizier and Magic},
      publisher = {Middle East Documentation Center at the University of  Chicago},
      journal = {Mamlūk Studies Review},
      address = {2024},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {Āṣaf ibn Barakhyā (Hebrew: Asaph ben Berechiah) is an  enigmatic figure. An obscure biblical character (also  connected in the Jewish tradition to Asaph the Physician,  author of an early Hebrew medical text), in Muslim lore  Āṣaf appears mainly in connection to the king and prophet  Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd. This study reviews Āṣaf’s main images  in the Jewish and Muslim realms and then focuses on his  representation in Mamluk, Chaghadaid, and Ilkhanid sources.  It argues that the Mongol period gave a major boost to  Āṣaf’s image as the embodiment of an ideal vizier in the  Iranian-Turkish realm, and seeks to explain why he became  such a prevalent political symbol in the Mongol and  post-Mongol domains while never gaining similar function  among the neighboring Mamluks.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/14431},
}