TY  - BOOK
AU  - El-Azhari,Taef Kamal
TI  - Queens, eunuchs and concubines in Islamic history, 661-1257
T2  - Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
SN  - 9781474423199
AV  - DS38.3 .E43 2019eb
U1  - 305.30917/670902 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Islamic Empire
KW  - Sex
KW  - Women
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Eunuchs
KW  - Rôle selon le sexe
KW  - Empire islamique
KW  - Sexualité
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Activité politique
KW  - Eunuques
KW  - Civilization
KW  - fast
KW  - Civilisation
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - History
N1  - 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
N2  - "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."--
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2409463
ER  -