Taef El-Azhari

Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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. Spanning over 600 years, Taef El-Azhari explores gender and sexual politics and power: from the time of the Prophet Muhammad through the Umayyad and Abbasid periods to the Mamluks in the 15th century, and from Iran and Central Asia to North Africa and Spain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474423199
• Artikelnr.: 72430799

Autorenporträt

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. His most recent books include 'Zengi and the Muslim Response to the Crusades' and 'The Saljuqs of Syria during the Crusades'.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Umayyad Empire and the Establishment of a Royal Court, 661-750
2. Princesses, Concubines and Qahramanat under the Abbasids: Gender and
Politics, 749-1055
3. The Kingdom of Eunuchs under the Abbasids
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