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The contrasting spheres of free women and Jawāri in the literary life of the early CAbbāsid caliphate

The contrasting spheres of free women and Jawāri in the literary life of the early CAbbāsid... © Al-Masāq, 3 (1990):31-51. Article s THE CONTRASTING SPHERES OF FREE WOMEN AND JAWĀRI IN THE LITERARY LIFE OF THE EARLY CABBĀSI D CALIPHATE Abd al-Kareem al-Heitty Al-Mustansiriyya University, Baghdad (1) Introduction * In spite of the obvious masculine bias in medieval Islamic history a surprising amount of information has been recorded regarding the life of Muslim women, especially the womenfolk of the court of the cAbbāsid caliphs. Of particular interest is the contribution to Arabic literary life made by women, both bond and free, at the court of the cAbbāsid caliphs. This contribution has probably been undervalued, partly because much of the original poetry of women poets of the period has been lost, and partly because the surviving poetry is widely scattered in a great variety of medieval literary works. In the following article the attempt is made through the evidence of these works to illustrate the contrasting spheres of free women and jawàrì in early cAbbāsid times, to demonstrate the role of the majālis , and to discuss something of the moral life of women at the cAbbāsid court and how this affected the literary life of the time. (2) Historical Background of the Women in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

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© Al-Masāq, 3 (1990):31-51. Article s THE CONTRASTING SPHERES OF FREE WOMEN AND JAWĀRI IN THE LITERARY LIFE OF THE EARLY CABBĀSI D CALIPHATE Abd al-Kareem al-Heitty Al-Mustansiriyya University, Baghdad (1) Introduction * In spite of the obvious masculine bias in medieval Islamic history a surprising amount of information has been recorded regarding the life of Muslim women, especially the womenfolk of the court of the cAbbāsid caliphs. Of particular interest is the...
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© Al-Masāq, 3 (1990):31-51. Article s THE CONTRASTING SPHERES OF FREE WOMEN AND JAWĀRI IN THE LITERARY LIFE OF THE EARLY CABBĀSI D CALIPHATE Abd al-Kareem al-Heitty Al-Mustansiriyya University, Baghdad (1) Introduction * In spite of the obvious masculine bias in medieval Islamic history a surprising amount of information has been recorded regarding the life of Muslim women, especially the womenfolk of the court of the cAbbāsid caliphs. Of particular interest is the contribution to Arabic literary life made by women, both bond and free, at the court of the cAbbāsid caliphs. This contribution has probably been undervalued, partly because much of the original poetry of women poets of the period has been lost, and partly because the surviving poetry is widely scattered in a great variety of medieval literary works. In the following article the attempt is made through the evidence of these works to illustrate the contrasting spheres of free women and jawàrì in early cAbbāsid times, to demonstrate the role of the majālis , and to discuss something of the moral life of women at the cAbbāsid court and how this affected the literary life of the time. (2) Historical Background of the Women in the

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