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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