Servants at the gate: Eunuchs at the Court of al-Muqtadir

Nadia Maria El-Cheikh

doi:10.1163/1568520054127095

Servants at the gate: Eunuchs at the Court of al-Muqtadir

Nadia Maria El-Cheikh

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This paper investigates the eunuch's institution in the court of the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir and seeks, first, to delineate the variety of functions that the eunuchs held in the early fourth/tenth century Abbasid court both in the harem and in ceremonial; second, it investigates the careers of the eunuchs Sāfī al-Huramī and Muflih al-Khādim al-Aswad, exploring their sources of authority and their various networks which allowed them to exercise a high degree of political influence.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	234-252
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
Volume	48
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/1568520054127095
State	Published - Jun 1 2005

Keywords

AL-MUQTADIR
CEREMONIAL
COURT
EUNUCHS
HAREM

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Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics

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