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Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Coppyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- INTRODUCTION -- Preliminaries -- Issues and aims -- Methodology, theoretical framework -- The sources and state of studies -- The structure of the book -- Notes -- Part I THE PAST -- Chapter 1 PRAYER LEADERSHIP, IMAMS AND WOMEN: DEFINING THE CONTEXTS AND SETTING THE I SSUES -- Introduction -- Prayer and women: Purity and leadership -- The imam as prayer leader -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS: WOMEN LEADING WOMEN -- Setting the narrative context: Umm Salama -- Hadiths on female prayer leadership and Sunni jurisprudence -- Shi'i positions on female imama of women: Identity, shared issues and esoteric interpretations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS: WOMEN LEADING MEN -- Setting the context -- Women as prayer leaders of men: Umm Waraqa and Ghazala -- Legal arguments on women leading men in prayer -- Ibn al-'Arabi and female imama -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part II THE PRESENT -- Chapter 4 PRESENT DEBATES AND PRACTICES -- Introduction -- Some current cases of women imams of women -- Some current cases of women imams of mixed congregations -- Contemporary arguments and debates on female imams of men -- Uses of the past in contemporary debates -- Conclusion -- Notes -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748617333');This first full-length study of women and the Fatimids is a groundbreaking work investigating an unexplored area in the field of Islamic and medieval studies.The authors have unearthed a wealth of references to women, thus re-inscribing their role in the history of one of the most fascinating Islamic dynasties, the only one to be named after a woman. At last some light is thrown on the erstwhile silent and shadowy figures of women under the Fatimids which gives them a presence in the history of women in medieval and pre-modern dynasties.Basing their research on a variety of sources from historical works to chronicles, official correspondence, documentary sources and archaeological findings, the authors have provided a richly informative analysis of the status and influence of women in this period. Their contribution is explored first within the context of Isma'ili and Fatimid genealogical history, and then within the courts in their roles as mothers, courtesans, wives and daughters, and as workers and servants. Throughout the book comparison is drawn with the status and roles of women in earlier, contemporary and subsequent Islamic as well as non-Islamic courts."