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The Unforgettable Queens of Islam - Succession, Authority, Gender (Hardcover)
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The Unforgettable Queens of Islam - Succession, Authority, Gender (Hardcover)
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In this landmark study, Shahla Haeri offers the extraordinary
biographies of several Muslim women rulers and leaders who reached
the apex of political systems of their times. Their stories
illuminate the complex and challenging imperatives of dynastic
succession, electoral competition and the stunning success they
achieved in medieval Yemen and India, and modern Pakistan and
Indonesia. The written history of Islam and the Muslim world is
overwhelmingly masculine, having largely ignored women and their
contributions until well into the 20th century. Religious and legal
justifications have been systematically invoked to justify Muslim
women's banishment from politics and public domains. Yet this
patriarchal domination has not gone on without serious challenges
by women - sporadic and exceptional though their participation in
the battle of succession has been. The Unforgettable Queens of
Islam highlights lives and legacies of a number of charismatic
women engaged in fierce battles of succession, and their stories
offer striking insights into the workings of political power in the
Muslim world.
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