Queens, eunuchs and concubines in Islamic history, 661-1257 /
El-Azhari, Taef Kamal,
Queens, eunuchs and concubines in Islamic history, 661-1257 / Tael El-Azhari. - 1 online resource (xix, 449 pages) : illustrations, map. - Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture . - Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The Umayyad Empire and the establishment of a royal court, 661-750 -- Princesses, concubines and qahramanat under the Abbasids : gender and politics, 749-1055 -- The Kingdom of Eunuchs under the Abbasids -- Fatimid royal women and royal concubines in politics -- The Fatimid eunuchs and their sphere -- The Seljuqs from Syria to Iran -- 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.
"Based 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."--
Taef El-Azhari is Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern History at the University of Helwan, Egypt. He received his doctorate in Middle Eastern history from the University of Manchester. His interests, both in research and teaching, focus principally on Turkmen-Kurdish social-political history and the Crusades.
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Sex role--Islamic Empire.
Sex--Islamic Empire.
Women--Political activity--Islamic Empire.
Eunuchs--Political activity--Islamic Empire.
Rôle selon le sexe--Empire islamique.
Sexualité--Empire islamique.
Femmes--Activité politique--Empire islamique.
Eunuques--Activité politique--Empire islamique.
Civilization.
Eunuchs--Political activity.
Sex.
Sex role.
Women--Political activity.
Islamic Empire--Civilization.
Empire islamique--Civilisation.
Islamic Empire.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DS38.3 / .E43 2019eb
305.30917/670902
Queens, eunuchs and concubines in Islamic history, 661-1257 / Tael El-Azhari. - 1 online resource (xix, 449 pages) : illustrations, map. - Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture . - Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The Umayyad Empire and the establishment of a royal court, 661-750 -- Princesses, concubines and qahramanat under the Abbasids : gender and politics, 749-1055 -- The Kingdom of Eunuchs under the Abbasids -- Fatimid royal women and royal concubines in politics -- The Fatimid eunuchs and their sphere -- The Seljuqs from Syria to Iran -- 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.
"Based 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."--
Taef El-Azhari is Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern History at the University of Helwan, Egypt. He received his doctorate in Middle Eastern history from the University of Manchester. His interests, both in research and teaching, focus principally on Turkmen-Kurdish social-political history and the Crusades.
9781474423199 webready pdf 1474423191 webready pdf 9781474423205 epub 1474423205 epub hardback 1474423183 9781474423182 9781474476751 (electronic bk.) 1474476759 (electronic bk.)
9781474423182
00006328
019565020 Uk
Sex role--Islamic Empire.
Sex--Islamic Empire.
Women--Political activity--Islamic Empire.
Eunuchs--Political activity--Islamic Empire.
Rôle selon le sexe--Empire islamique.
Sexualité--Empire islamique.
Femmes--Activité politique--Empire islamique.
Eunuques--Activité politique--Empire islamique.
Civilization.
Eunuchs--Political activity.
Sex.
Sex role.
Women--Political activity.
Islamic Empire--Civilization.
Empire islamique--Civilisation.
Islamic Empire.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DS38.3 / .E43 2019eb
305.30917/670902