Sovereign women in a Muslim kingdom : the sultanahs of Aceh, 1641-1699 /
Sher Banu A.L. Khan provides a fresh perspectice on the women who ruled in succession in Aceh for half the seventeenth century. Khan draws new evidence about the lives and reigns of the sultanahs from contemporary indigenous texts and the archives of the Dutch East India Company.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
2017.
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| Summary: | Sher Banu A.L. Khan provides a fresh perspectice on the women who ruled in succession in Aceh for half the seventeenth century. Khan draws new evidence about the lives and reigns of the sultanahs from contemporary indigenous texts and the archives of the Dutch East India Company. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501713842 1501713841 9781501713859 150171385X |