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Gender and succession in medieval and early modern Islam: bilateral descent and the legacy of Fatima

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Field name	Details
ISBN	1838602313 (hardcover)
ISBN	9781838602314 (hardcover)
Author	Gabbay, Alyssa
Title	Gender and succession in medieval and early modern Islam : bilateral descent and the legacy of Fatima / Alyssa Gabbay
Publisher	London : I.B. Tauris, 2020
Physical desc.	xi, 269 pages ; 25 cm.
Series	Early and medieval Islamic world
Note	CBL illustrations: front cover (detail of T 419, fol. 40v); p. 124 (T 419, fol. 24v).
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-262) and index.
Contents	Introduction: Redrawing family trees -- Pt 1: Mothers. Umms and wombs: how and (maybe) why Shi'is reckoned descent through Fatima -- Other mothers, other sons -- Part 2: Heiresses. Heiress to the Prophet: Fatima, Fadak and female inheritance -- Endowing agency: daughters, waqfs and semi-matrilineal inheritance -- Pts 3: Successors. Speaking in her father's name: Fatima as successor to the Prophet Muhammad -- Fatima's royal shadow: Muslim female rulers' quest for legitimacy and sovereignty -- Epilogue: Whither Fatima?
Person as subject	Fāṭimah -632 or 633
Subject	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 419
	Tābiʻūn
	Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)
	Women (Islamic law)

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