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Conquered Populations in Early Islam : Non-Arabs, Slaves and the Sons of Slave Mothers /

Explores the ways in which new Muslims of slave origins were integrated into early Islamic societyChoice Outstanding Academic Title, 2020Brings together three separate groups (freedmen, slave women and the children of enslaved mothers) as parts of the same prism of unfreedomRecovers enslaved women&#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Urban, Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on the Text
  • 1 Introduction: Why Muslims of Slave Origins Matter
  • 2 Insiders with an Asterisk: Mawālī and Enslaved Women in the Quran
  • 3 AbūBakra, Freedman of God
  • 4 Enslaved Prostitutes in Early Islamic History
  • 5 Concubines and their Sons: The Changing Political Notion of Arabness
  • 6 Singers and Scribes: The Limits of Language and Power
  • 7 Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index