Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam: Bilateral Descent and the Legacy of Fatima

Contrary to assumptions about Islam’s patrilineal nature, there is in fact precedent in pre-modern Islamic history of Muslims’ recognition of bilateral descent, or descent from both the mother and the father – though, of course, bilateral descent was by no means universally acknowledged. Learn more as Alyssa Gabbay discusses GENDER and SUCCESSION in MEDIEVAL and EARLY MODERN ISLAM: Bilateral Descent and the Legacy of Fatima (I.B.Tauris) ⤵️

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