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The unforgettable queens of Islam : succession, authority, gender / Shahla Haeri, Boston University.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: xxiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107123038
  • 1107123038
  • 9781107554894
  • 1107554896
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Unforgettable queens of Islam.LOC classification:
  • DS35.64 .H34 2020
Contents:
Introduction. Games of succession: patriarchy, power, gender -- Part I. Sacred Sources of Authority: The Quran and the Hadith -- 1. Queen of Sheba and the mighty throne -- 2. Aisha Bint Abu Bakr: battle of the camel, battle for succession -- Part II. Medieval Queens: Dynasty and Descent -- 3. Sayyida Hurra Queen Arwa of Yemen: 'the little Queen of Sheba' -- 4. Razia Sultan of India: 'Queen of the world Bilqis-I Jihan' -- Part III. Contemporary Queens: Institutionalization of Succession and Leadership -- 5. Benazir Bhutto: a queen 'without parallel' -- 6. Megawati Sukarnoputri: 'Limbuk becomes Queen' -- Conclusion. Patriarchal paradox?.
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 or 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 to be democratically elected to the office of the 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks DS35.64 .H34 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001495745

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Games of succession: patriarchy, power, gender -- Part I. Sacred Sources of Authority: The Quran and the Hadith -- 1. Queen of Sheba and the mighty throne -- 2. Aisha Bint Abu Bakr: battle of the camel, battle for succession -- Part II. Medieval Queens: Dynasty and Descent -- 3. Sayyida Hurra Queen Arwa of Yemen: 'the little Queen of Sheba' -- 4. Razia Sultan of India: 'Queen of the world Bilqis-I Jihan' -- Part III. Contemporary Queens: Institutionalization of Succession and Leadership -- 5. Benazir Bhutto: a queen 'without parallel' -- 6. Megawati Sukarnoputri: 'Limbuk becomes Queen' -- Conclusion. Patriarchal paradox?.

"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 or 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 to be democratically elected to the office of the 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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