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024 7 _a10.1515/9781474423199
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781474423199
035 _a(DE-B1597)619349
035 _a(OCoLC)1312726378
040 _aDE-B1597
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050 0 0 _aDS38.3
_b.E43 2019
072 7 _aHIS026000
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082 0 4 _a305.30917/670902
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aEl-Azhari, Taef
_eautore
245 1 0 _aQueens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661–1257 /
_cTaef El-Azhari.
264 1 _aEdinburgh :
_bEdinburgh University Press,
_c[2022]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource (472 p.) :
_b21 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aEdinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tList of Illustrations --
_tAcknowledgements --
_tChronology --
_tMap of the Muslim Middle East --
_tFigures --
_tIntroduction --
_t1 The Umayyad Empire and the Establishment of a Royal Court, 661–750 --
_t2 Princesses, Concubines and Qahramanat under the ʿAbbasids: Gender and Politics, 749–1055 --
_t3 The Kingdom of Eunuchs under the ʿAbbasids --
_t4 Fatimid Royal Women and Royal Concubines in Politics: The Rise of the First Queens of Islam --
_t5 The Fatimid Eunuchs and their Sphere --
_t6 The Seljuqs from Syria to Iran: The Age of Khatuns and Atabegs --
_t7 The Ayyubids: Their Two Queens and their Powerful Castrated Atabegs --
_tAppendix 1: The Abbasid Caliphs from 749 to the Coming of the Seljuqs in 1055 --
_tAppendix 2: The Fatimid Caliphs, North Africa and Egypt --
_tAppendix 3: Dynasties --
_tGlossary --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aThe first comprehensive study of sexual politics in Medieval IslamStudies the military-political power of eunuchs and their relations with women under the Fatimid dynasty, and the appearance of first queen in Islamic historyInvestigates the power of the Turkmen women in the politics and how and why they introduced the unique post of atabegExamines the role of the first Sunni queen in Islam, Dayfa Khatun the Ayyubid in Aleppo, and how she paved the way for another queen, Shajar al-Durr in EgyptConsiders the impact of the Mongol invasion on the Muslim world, and the coming of queen Abish to power in Shiraz, aided by Mongol powerBased on original and previously unexamined sources, this book provides a critical and systematic analysis of the role of women, mothers, wives, eunuchs, concubines, qahramans and atabegs in the dynamics and manipulation of medieval Islamic politics.Spanning over 600 years, Taef El-Azhari explores gender and sexual politics and power: from the time of the Prophet Muhammad through the Umayyad and Abbasid periods to the Mamluks in the 15th century, and from Iran and Central Asia to North Africa and Spain.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)
650 0 _aEunuchs
_xPolitical activity
_zIslamic Empire.
650 0 _aSex role
_zIslamic Empire.
650 0 _aSex
_zIslamic Empire.
650 0 _aWomen
_xPolitical activity
_zIslamic Empire.
650 4 _aIslamic Studies.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Middle East / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781474423199?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474423199
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