Women in Mongol Iran.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (309 pages)
Intro -- WOMEN IN MONGOL IRAN -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: The Study of Women in the Mongol Empire -- 1 Women and Politics from the Steppes to World Empire -- 2 Regents and Empresses: Women's Rule in the Mongols' World Empire -- 3 Political Involvement and Women's Rule in the Ilkhanate -- 4 Women and the Economy of the Mongol Empire -- PLATES -- 5 Mongol Women's Encounters with Eurasian Religions -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book shows the development of women's status in the Mongol Empire from its original homeland in Mongolia up to the end of the Ilkhanate of Iran in 1335.