“Women Under the Mahdiyya"
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“Women Under the Mahdiyya"
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An article published by Sudan Studies Journal in July 2021
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"The role of women in Sudan during the Mahdiya (1881-99) is one of the most neglected areas in modern studies of the period. Women rarely merit
mention unless marriage to an influential personality enables a strategic alli-ance between different communities. As we shall see, however, contemporary sources – both Sudanese and foreign – give us fascinating insights into the social activities and behaviour of free women, within and outside the Mahdiya elite, and even of female slaves."
mention unless marriage to an influential personality enables a strategic alli-ance between different communities. As we shall see, however, contemporary sources – both Sudanese and foreign – give us fascinating insights into the social activities and behaviour of free women, within and outside the Mahdiya elite, and even of female slaves."
Nusairi, O. 'Women and the Mahdiyya' Sudan Studies, Number 64 pp. 79-90
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