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Author Zaydān, Jirjī, 1861-1914.

Title Tree of pearls, queen of Egypt / Jurji Zaydan ; translated from the Arabic by Samah Selim ; with an afterword by Roger Allen
Published Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages)
Series Middle East literature in translation
Middle East literature in translation.
Contents The Ayyubid Dynasty -- The Garden Isle -- Rukn al-Din Baybars -- An Amorous Interlude -- 'Izz al-Din Aybak -- Good Tidings -- Sallafa and Sahban -- The Coronation -- The Engagement -- An Important Visitor -- The Caliph's Messenger -- The Caliph's Decree -- An Unexpected Demand -- Rukn al-Din and Tree of Pearls -- A Secret Conversation -- Shwaykar -- Revenge -- Another Messenger -- Rukn al-Din and Sallafa -- The Departure -- Baghdad -- The Palaces of Baghdad -- Mu'ayyid al-Din Ibn al-Alqami -- Uproar -- Al-Musta'sim -- Ahmad, Son of Al-Musta'sim -- The Dervish -- A New Guest -- The Message -- Arrogance -- The Accusation -- A Father's Love -- Shwaykar in the Women's Quarters -- The Subterfuge -- A Newcomer -- The Tatars -- 'Abid -- Rukn al-Din and Sahban -- An Important Message -- The Meeting -- At the Palace of the Crown -- The Truth -- Tree of Pearls and 'Izz al-Din -- The Imam Ahmad's Palace -- Discovery -- Pandemonium -- Epilogue -- Tree of Pearls
Summary Shajar al-Durr, known as Tree of Pearls, was one of the most famous Arab queens and the only woman in the medieval Arab world to rule in her own name. Her story is one element of a much larger story of the unsettled political climate of thirteenth century Egypt. In this eponymous novel, the author charts the fall of the Ayyubid Dynasty and the rise of the Mamluke Dynasty through the adventures of Tree of Pearls and Rukn al-Din Baybars, a young Mamluke commander who eventually triumphs as the ruler of Egypt. War, political intrigue, murder, and a female ruler who was born a slave combine to give readers an irresistible story, while the book's observations on royal politics and subverted gender roles offer readers a detailed glimpse of the cultural milieu of the time
Subject Shajarat al-Durr, Sultana of Egypt, -1257 -- Fiction
Zaydān, Jirjī, 1861-1914 -- Translations into English
SUBJECT Shajarat al-Durr, Sultana of Egypt, -1257 fast
Zaydān, Jirjī, 1861-1914 fast
Subject Arabic literature.
FICTION -- General.
FICTION -- Literary.
Arabic literature
Genre/Form Historical fiction
Fiction
Translations
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Form Electronic book
Author Selim, Samah.
ISBN 9780815651932
0815651937
Other Titles Shajarat al-Durr. English