Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661–1257 / / Taef El-Azhari.
The 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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (472 p.) :; 21 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Map of the Muslim Middle East
- Figures
- Introduction
- 1 The Umayyad Empire and the Establishment of a Royal Court, 661–750
- 2 Princesses, Concubines and Qahramanat under the ʿAbbasids: Gender and Politics, 749–1055
- 3 The Kingdom of Eunuchs under the ʿAbbasids
- 4 Fatimid Royal Women and Royal Concubines in Politics: The Rise of the First Queens of Islam
- 5 The Fatimid Eunuchs and their Sphere
- 6 The Seljuqs from Syria to Iran: The Age of Khatuns and Atabegs
- 7 The Ayyubids: Their Two Queens and their Powerful Castrated Atabegs
- 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