Conquered populations in early Islam non-Arabs, slaves and the sons of slave mothers Urban, Elizabeth (Assistant Professor of the Islamic World) creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. History. stk 2020 2020 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (x, 217 pages) This book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Muslims of slave origins, who belonged to the society in which they lived but whose slave background rendered them somehow alien. How did these Muslims at the crossroads of insider and outsider find their place in early Islamic society? How did Islamic society itself change to accommodate these new members? By analysing how these liminal Muslims resolved the tension between belonging and otherness, Conquered Populations in Early Islam reveals the shifting boundaries of the early Islamic community and celebrates the dynamism of Islamic history. List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Text -- 1. Introduction: Why Muslims of Slave Origins Matter -- 2. Insiders with an Asterisk: Mawdli and Enslaved Women in the Quran -- 3. Aba. Bakra, Freedman of God -- 4. Enslaved Prostitutes in Early Islamic History -- 5. Concubines and their Sons: The Changing Political Notion of Arabness -- 6. Singers and Scribes: The Limits of Language and Power -- 7. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index. Elizabeth Urban. Includes bibliographical references and index. Islam History To 1500 Muslim converts Islam Histoire Jusqu'à 1500 Convertis musulmans History Essays Muslim converts Islam History HISTORY / Middle East / General To 1500 fast BP170.5 297.5/7409021 Conquered populations in early Islam Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020] (DLC) 2020288245 Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture 9781474423229 1474423221 9781474423236 147442323X 1474423213 9781474423212 2020716587 9781474423236 Edinburgh University Press 22573/ctvxknszp JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvxkn62h DLC 200310 20230330115650.3 in00004653170 eng