Isbn: 9781623717940 - queens of islam: the muslim world's historic women rulers (28 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A survey of prominent Muslim women rulers from the first centuries of Islamic history to early modern times.From Pakistan to Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, from Senegal to Turkey, it is not unusual in modern times for women in Muslim-majority countries to be appointed and/or elected to high offices, including heads of state.Nor has it ever been.Stretching back nearly to the founding of Islam itself, women have held positions of political power in numerous Islamic nations and empires. Some ascended to office in their own right; others served as regents for incapacitated husbands or male successors then too young to rule. Some proved insightful and able administrators, courageous military commanders, or both; others differed little from their equally flawed, power-hungry male counterparts, and sowed the seeds of their own downfalls.Queens of Islam examines the lives of fifteen of the most remarkable female leaders of Muslim dynasties, empires, and caliphatesfrom Islams earliest centuries through the end of the seventeenth century. Their stories demonstrate that throughout the faiths long history there were many women who achieved positions of power and served as effective rulers, revered by those they governed while being respectedeven fearedby their contemporary world leaders.Entertaining and informative, Queens of Islam is rife with palace intrigue, sex scandals, power-grabs, and military conquests, set against a backdrop of Islamic world history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A survey of prominent Muslim women rulers from the first centuries of Islamic history to early modern times.From Pakistan to Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, from Senegal to Turkey, it is not unusual in modern times for women in Muslim-majority countries to be appointed and/or elected to high offices, including heads of state.Nor has it ever been.Stretching back nearly to the founding of Islam itself, women have held positions of political power in numerous Islamic nations and empires. Some ascended to office in their own right; others served as regents for incapacitated husbands or male successors then too young to rule. Some proved insightful and able administrators, courageous military commanders, or both; others differed little from their equally flawed, power-hungry male counterparts, and sowed the seeds of their own downfalls.Queens of Islam examines the lives of fifteen of the most remarkable female leaders of Muslim dynasties, empires, and caliphatesfrom Islams earliest centuries through the end of the seventeenth century. Their stories demonstrate that throughout the faiths long history there were many women who achieved positions of power and served as effective rulers, revered by those they governed while being respectedeven fearedby their contemporary world leaders.Entertaining and informative, Queens of Islam is rife with palace intrigue, sex scandals, power-grabs, and military conquests, set against a backdrop of Islamic world history. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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