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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
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Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
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Contents |
Cover -- Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Introduction -- 1 The Umayyad Empire and the Establishment of a Royal Court, 661-750 -- 2 Princesses, Concubines and Qahramanat under the 'Abbasids: Gender and Politics, 749-1055 -- 3 The Kingdom of Eunuchs under the 'Abbasids -- 4 Fatimid Royal Women and Royal Concubines in Politics -- 5 The Fatimid Eunuchs and their Sphere -- 6 The Seljuqs from Syria to Iran -- 7 The Ayyubids: Their Two Queens and their Powerful Castrated Atabegs |
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Appendix 1 The Abbasid Caliphs from 749 to the Coming of the Seljuqs in 1055 -- Appendix 2 The Fatimid Caliphs, North Africa and Egypt -- Appendix 3 Dynasties -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Summary |
Drawing on specific historical case studies and events, this book looks at the role of women, mothers, wives, eunuchs, concubines, qahramans and atabegs in the dynamics and manipulation of medieval Islamic politics. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Sex role -- Islamic Empire.
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Sex role. |
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Islamic Empire. |
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Sex -- Islamic Empire.
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Sex. |
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Islamic civilization.
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Islamic civilization. |
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Women -- Political activity -- Islamic Empire.
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Eunuchs -- Political activity -- Islamic Empire.
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Eunuchs -- Political activity. |
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Eunuchs. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Gender roles. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Eunuchs. |
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Print version: El-Azhari, Taef Kamal. Queens, eunuchs and concubines in Islamic history, 661-1257. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019] 9781474423199 (OCoLC)1086681368 |
ISBN |
9781474423199 (electronic book) |
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1474423191 (electronic book) |
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1474423183 |
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9781474423182 |
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1474423183 |
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9781474423182 |
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9781474423205 |
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1474423205 |
Standard No. |
9781474423182 |
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