The slave girls of Baghdad : the Qiyān in the early Abbasid era /: the Qiyān in the early Abbasid era. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fuad Matthew Caswell.
• Other Names: Caswell, Fuad Matthew, 1931-
• Contents: The social scene -- Imāʼ shawāʻir and qiyān -- Four slave-women poets : ʻInān, Faḍl, ʻArīb, Sakan -- Some other slave-girl poets : short biographical notes -- Al-Imāʼ al-shawāʻir as eulogists -- Al-Imāʼ al-shawāʻir as mourners -- Al-Imāʼ al-shawāʻir as satirists and lampoonists -- Notable free women -- Amatory poetry -- Singing -- The singing slave girls -- Decline and fall -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: The Abbasid caliphs and their accession dates -- Appendix II: Non-Arab mothers of Abbasid caliphs -- Appendix III: Some 3rd/9th-century jawārī : poets, singers, composers -- Appendix IV: Some qiyān trade slogans.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 328 pages)
• Subjects: 956.013; Courtesans -- Iraq -- Baghdad; Women slaves -- Iraq -- Baghdad -- Social conditions; Courtesans -- Iraq -- Baghdad; Iraq -- History -- 634-1534; Women slaves -- Iraq -- Baghdad -- Social conditions; History; HISTORY -- Middle East -- General; Courtesans; Women slaves -- Social conditions; Iraq -- History -- 634-1534; Iraq; Iraq -- Baghdad; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857720085; 0857720082; 1299639674; 9781299639676
• Related ISBNs: 9781848855779; 184885577X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.