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- Women in Mongol Iran: The Kahtuns, 1206-1335
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- 2017
- Published by: Edinburgh University Press
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Explores the political, economic and religious role of women in the Mongol empire
This book shows the development of women’s status in the Mongol Empire from its original homeland in Mongolia up to the end of the Ilkhanate of Iran in 1335. Taking a thematic approach, the chapters show a coherent progression of this development and contextualise the evolution of the role of women in medieval Mongol society. The arrangement serves as a starting point from where to draw comparison with the status of Mongol women in the later period. Exploring patterns of continuity and transformation in the status of these women in different periods of the Mongol Empire as it expanded westwards into the Islamic world, the book offers a view on the transformation of a nomadic-shamanist society from its original homeland in Mongolia to its settlement in the mostly sedentary-Muslim Iran in the mid-13th century.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Illustrations
- p. vi
- Acknowledgements
- pp. vii-viii
- A Note on Transliteration
- pp. ix-x
- 4 Women and the Economy of the Mongol Empire
- pp. 130-149, 150-181
- 6 Concluding Remarks
- pp. 242-248
- List of Abbreviations
- pp. 253-254
- Bibliography
- pp. 255-282
Additional Information
ISBN
9781474423403
Related ISBN(s)
9781474415477
MARC Record
OCLC
1111384764
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2019-08-05
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC