Women in Islamic Biographical Collections : : From Ibn Sa'd to Who's Who / / By Ruth Roded.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Roded, By Ruth ,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION --; NOTE ON STYLE & TRANSLITERATION --; 1. INTRODUCTION --; 2. COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET --; 3. THE NEXT GENERATION --; 4. TRANSMITTERS OF KNOWLEDGE, LEARNED WOMEN, AND SCHOLARS --; 5. MYSTIC WOMEN --; 6. WOMEN'S ROLES IN HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIONS --; 7. CONCLUSIONS --; BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS WITH ABBREVIATIONS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463239442; 9783110606751
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463239442
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: By Ruth Roded.

Women in Islamic Biographical Collections: From Ibn Sa'd to Who's Who is a groundbreaking study of 40 bibliographical collections, dating from the 9th century to the present, investigating which type of woman Muslim scholars have were deemed worthy of recording for posterity. The analysis clearly indicates that Muslim women have achieved prominence in certain fields at certain times.