Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661 1257, Hardback - Taef El-Azhari

Drawing on specific historical case studies and events, this book looks at the role of women, mothers, wives, eunuchs, concubines, qahramans and at...

This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor's plu...

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Over 3, 000 years of incredible women who ruled the world!

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Accompanying a major British Library exhibition, Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens brings new insights to the familiar tale of two po...

Britain's early royal history brought to life with 200 contemporary and historical illustrations, maps, shields and comprehensive genealogical tabl...

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In doing so, this study elaborates on the vital links between outward form and inner meaning in Islamic calligraphy.Illustrations: 47 B 35 color

An eye-opening history of Britain and the Islamic world--a thousand-year relationship that is closer, deeper, and more mutually beneficial than is ...

Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts explores the administration of justice during Islam's founding period, 632-1250 CE. Inspired by the ...

Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa examines Islamic legal responses to Muslims living under Christian rule in ...

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This illustrated book contains the history of Stirling Castle in Scotland, a place famous for its beautiful design, for accommodating various royal...

England from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503.Publisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): Lis...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Reinhart DozyTranslator: Francis Griffin StokesNumber of pages: 766Collection: Routledge Library Editions...

Debut by an exciting young narrative historian - a revisionist history of Medieval Palestine

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A groundbreaking work that delivers a fresh account of the Arab conquests, incorporating the latest research in Late Antique history.

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Howard Chiang traces the genealogy of sexual knowledge in China from the demise of eunuchism to the emergence of transsexuality, showing its role i...

Description"This Is Islam" presents a lively introduction to a religion that has a dramatic history and plays a crucial role in the world today. De...

Aceasta carte isi propune sa acopere un deficit in perceptiile asupra Islamului in Occident, subliniind contributiile unui lung sir de eruditi euro...

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Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent par...

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James E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law religious scholarship and royal justice undergirded legal pract...

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Publisher: CornerstoneAuthor(s): Azeem AzharNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 34Cover type: Paperback / softbackRed...

The book describes the most memorable features of the life and times of each king or queen - from Egbert, crowned in 802 and considered the first k...

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