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Women in the Shahnameh : their history and social status within the framework of ancient and medieval sources /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khaleghi-Motlagh, Djalal
Other Authors: Pīrnaẓar, Nāhīd
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Costa Mesa, CA : Mazda Publishers, 2012.
Series:Bibliotheca Iranica. Literature series ; no. 13.
Subjects:
Firdawsī. > Shāhnāmah > Characters > Women.
Women in literature.
Women > Iran > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Author's preface to the English edition
  • Editor's introduction
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Women of the nobility
  • Non-aristocratic women
  • A girl's position in her parents' home
  • The wedding ceremony
  • Various types of marriage
  • Status of the wife within marriage
  • The place of women in society