The slave girls of Baghdad : the Qiyān in the early Abbasid era /: the Qiyān in the early Abbasid era. (2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The slave girls of Baghdad : the Qiyān in the early Abbasid era /: the Qiyān in the early Abbasid era. (2011)
- Main Title:
- The slave girls of Baghdad : the Qiyān in the early Abbasid era
- 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.
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