Women, Islam, and Abbasid Identity by Nadia El Cheikh

Women, Islam, and Abbasid Identity

Nadia El Cheikh

176 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction gender history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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When the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad dynasty in 750 CE, an important element in legitimizing their newly won authority involved defining themselves in the eyes of their Islamic subjects. Nadia Maria El Cheikh shows that ideas about women were c...

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