Book contents
- The Unforgettable Queens of Islam
- The Unforgettable Queens of Islam
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction
- Part I Sacred Sources of Authority: The Qurʾan and the Hadith
- Part II Medieval Queens: Dynasty and Descent
- Part III Contemporary Queens: Institutionalization of Succession
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Games of Succession: Patriarchy, Power, Gender
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2020
- The Unforgettable Queens of Islam
- The Unforgettable Queens of Islam
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction
- Part I Sacred Sources of Authority: The Qurʾan and the Hadith
- Part II Medieval Queens: Dynasty and Descent
- Part III Contemporary Queens: Institutionalization of Succession
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Unforgettable Queens of Islam is a book about Muslim women rulers, women who have contested rules of dynastic succession in medieval Yemen and India and stood for election in modern Pakistan and Indonesia. How did they achieve such feats? How could young Muslim women come to occupy the exalted office of the sultan in Delhi in medieval India, or be democratically elected prime minister in modern Pakistan? Did they contravene religious laws and moral orders to become rulers in their societies? What sociopolitical structures, cultural mechanisms, and personal qualities enabled them to realize their objectives? History provides us with many cases of powerful women – Muslim and non-Muslim – who influenced men of power (or men in general) to change the course of their relations, dynastic successions, and sociopolitical events.
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- The Unforgettable Queens of IslamSuccession, Authority, Gender, pp. 1 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020