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Buku Slave Girls of Baghdad (2011)

Buku 'The Slave Girls of Baghdad - The Qiyan in the Early Abbasid Era' tulisan Fuad Caswell (b.1950 - Baghdad). Buku terbitan IB Tauris tahun 2011. Buku berasas kepada tesis phd beliau di Oxford.

Fuad Matthew Caswell has a PhD in Classical Arabic from the University of Oxford, and ha s had a long career as Barrister. (read - caswell)

Contents:

From the refined Geisha of the Imperial Court to the learned hetaerae of Ancient Greece, the captivating history of courtesans and slave girls transcends countless cultural boundaries and fields of academic study. The Slave Girls of Baghdad explores the origins, education and art of the ""qiyan"" -- indentured girls and women who entertained and entranced the caliphs and aristocrats who worked the labyrinths of power within ninth-century Baghdad and throughout the Abbasid Empire. Through a detailed analysis of Islamic law, historical sources and poetry, F. Matthew Caswell examines the qiyans' unique place in Abbasid society and their contested moral standing, providing a comprehensive overview and cultural comparison of an elusive and alluring institution. This fascinating history will be essential reading for all interested in the story of slavery along with the rich world of the Abbasid Empire more widely.

Read also Nasser Saad al-Rasheed PhD Thesis 'Slave girl under the early Abbasid: a study of the role of slave-women and courtesans in social and literary life in the first two centuries of Abbasid caliphate based on original sources'. Thesis from St Andrews University 1971.

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