Women in Mongol Iran : : the Khātūns, 1206-1335 / / Bruno De Nicola.

This book shows the development of women's status in the Mongol Empire from its original homeland in Mongolia up to the end of the Ilkhanate of Iran in 1335. Taking a thematic approach, the chapters show a coherent progression of this development and contextualise the evolution of the role of w...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 288 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the study of women in the Mongol Empire
  • Women and politics from the steppes to world empire
  • Regents and empresses : women's rule in the Mongols' world empire
  • Political involvement and women's rule in the Ilkhanate
  • Women and the economy of the Mongol Empire
  • Mongol women's encounters with Eurasian religions
  • Concluding remarks.