Introduction; 1. The Umayyad Empire and the Establishment of a Royal Court, 661–750; 2. Princesses, Concubines and Qahramanat under the Abbasids: Gender and Politics, 749–1055; 3. The Kingdom of Eunuchs under the Abbasids; 4. Fatimid Royal Women and Royal Concubines in Politics: the Rise of the First Queens of Islam; 5. The Fatimid Eunuchs and Their Sphere; 6. The Seljuqs from Syria to Iran: the Age of Khatuns and Atabegs; 7. The Ayyubids: Their Two Queens and Their Powerful Castrated Atabegs; Appendix 1: the Abbasid Caliphs from 749 to the Coming of the Seljuqs in 1055; Appendix 2: the Fatimid Caliphs, North Africa and Egypt; Appendix 3: Dynasties; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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