5 Concubines and their Sons: The Changing Political Notion of Arabness

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Notes on the Text x
6. 1 Introduction: Why Muslims of Slave Origins Matter 1
7. 2 Insiders with an Asterisk: Mawālī and Enslaved Women in the Quran 19
8. 3 AbūBakra, Freedman of God 48
9. 4 Enslaved Prostitutes in Early Islamic History 77
10. 5 Concubines and their Sons: The Changing Political Notion of Arabness 106
11. 6 Singers and Scribes: The Limits of Language and Power 140
12. 7 Conclusions 176
13. Bibliography 188
14. Index 211