Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The succession of the first female ruler of Aceh
  • Sultanah Safiatuddin's early years : keeping afloat
  • Sultanah Safiatuddin's maturing years : politics of consolidation
  • Ties that bind? : Aceh's overlord-vassal relations
  • Female rulers negotiating Islam and patriarchy
  • The practice of queenship
  • The end of female rule and its legacy.