Women in the Ottoman Empire: A Social and Political History

by Suraiya Faroqhi

Book Overview

It is an often ignored but fundamental fact that in the Ottoman world, as in most empires, there were 'first-class' and 'second class' subjects. Among the townspeople, peasants and nomads subject to the sultans, who might be Muslims or non-Muslims, adult Muslim males were first-class subjects and all others, including Muslim boys and women, were of the second class. As for the female members of the elite, while less privileged than the males, in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755638263
• ISBN13: 9780755638260
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.6"