al-Dalfa’ and the Political Role of the umm al-walad in the Late Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus

IN EARLY ELEVENTHǧ CENTURY al- Andalus, al- Dalfa’, one of the concubines of the hajib 1 and de facto ruler Ibn Abi ‘Amir, known as al- Mansur, was involved in the events that led to the civil war— ϔitna — that preceded the downfall of the Umayyad Caliphate in Iberia. As a slave, al- Dalfa’ had born...

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Main Author: Miranda, Ana (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/38140
Country:Portugal
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