Eunuchs at the Service of Yemen’s Rasūlid Dynasty (626-858/1229-1454)
The significant roles played by eunuchs (castrated slaves) in Rasūlid Yemen have thus far escaped scholarly scrutiny. A systematic study of the historiographic and biographical writings of ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Khazrajī, chronicler of the Rasūlid court at the turn of the 9th/15th century, reveals that...
| Subtitles: | Thematic Focus: Rasūlid Entanglement in the Medieval Islamic World and Beyond |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
De Gruyter
[2021]
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| In: |
Der Islam
Year: 2021, Volume: 98, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-26 |
| Further subjects: | B
Rasūlid
B Slavery B Medieval B Eunuchs B Yemen |
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