Sovereign women in a Muslim kingdom the sultanahs of Aceh, 1641-1699
The Islamic kingdom of Aceh was ruled by queens for half of the 17th century. Was female rule an aberration? Unnatural? Indigenous texts and European sources offer different evaluations. Drawing on both sets of sources, this book shows that female rule was legitimised both by Islam and indigenous cu...
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Singapore
NUS Press
2017
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