Sitt al-Mulk: juggling troops, traps and throne at the Fāṭimid Court
Cortese, Delia 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5507-9332
(2012)
Sitt al-Mulk: juggling troops, traps and throne at the Fāṭimid Court.
In: Guerre et Paix dans le Proche-Orient Médiéval, 15-18 Dec 2011, Cairo, Egypt.
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Abstract
In this paper I will contextually analyse the multiple levels of engagement that occurred between the princess Sitt al-Mulk and the army with a view to raise questions regarding the nature of authority that might have enabled Sitt al-Mulk to establish herself as a credible female leader in a men’s world, ‘a patron of men’. In attempting to answer these questions I will examine Sitt al-Mulk’s influence over members of the military apparatus in light of the reciprocal adherence to formal and informal rules of loyalty and obligation that prevailed in pre-modern Islamic courts, determined by the need to shape dynastic politics to mutual advantage.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Research Areas: | A. > Perspectives in Religion group A. > School of Health and Education > Education > Interpreting and Translation group A. > School of Law > Criminology and Sociology |
| Item ID: | 12378 |
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| Depositing User: | Delia Cortese |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Nov 2013 10:50 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2019 18:52 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/12378 |
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