Queens, eunuchs and concubines in Islamic history, 661-1257 / Tael El-Azhari.

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."-- Provided by publisher.

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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