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Verde, Tom

 
9781623717940: Queens of Islam: The Muslim World's Historic Women Rulers
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ISBN 10 : 1623717949 ISBN 13 : 9781623717940
Editeur : Olive Branch Press, 2025

Synopsis

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 caliphates—from Islam’s earliest centuries through the end of the seventeenth century. Their stories demonstrate that throughout the faith’s long history there were many women who achieved positions of power and served as effective rulers, revered by those they governed while being respected—even feared—by 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Tom Verde is a writer and journalist. He holds a Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations from Hartford Seminary. He has lived and traveled in the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe and has written about religion, history, and culture for the New York Times, National Public Radio, Religion News Service, and AramcoWorld magazine.

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Éditeur
Olive Branch Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1623717949
ISBN 13 
9781623717940
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
241
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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