This book describes the history of courtisans and slave girls in the medieval Arab world. The place of the 'Qiyans' in the Abbasid Empire and their contested moral standing is examined.
"The history of courtesans and slave girls in the medieval Arab world transcends traditional boundaries of study and opens up new fields of sociological and cultural enquiry. In the process it offers a remarkably rich source of historical and cultural information on medieval Isl…
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The history of courtesans and slave girls in the medieval Arab world transcends traditional boundaries of study and opens up new fields of sociological and cultural enquiry. In the process it offers a remarkably rich source of historical and cultural information on medieval Isla…