Conquered populations in early Islam : non-Arabs, slaves and the sons of slave mothers /

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This book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Muslims of slave origins, who belonged to the society in which they lived but whose slave background rendered them somehow alien. How did these Muslims at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Urban, Elizabeth (Assistant Professor of the Islamic World) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Colección:Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
Temas:
To 1500
Islam > History > To 1500.
Muslim converts.
Islam > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Convertis musulmans.
History > Essays.
HISTORY / Middle East / General
Muslim converts
Islam
History
Essays
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on the Text
  • 1. Introduction: Why Muslims of Slave Origins Matter
  • 2. Insiders with an Asterisk: Mawdli and Enslaved Women in the Quran
  • 3. Aba. Bakra, 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.

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