The Nasrid princesses, sisters of King Sa'd: their economic influence and function in the dynasty's power network according to translated Arabic documents (1460 and 1469)
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Trillo San José, CarmenEditorial
Mattia C. Chiriatti e Margarita Vallejo Girvés
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Mujeres nazaríes Reino Nazarí Documentos árabes romanceados
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2023Referencia bibliográfica
Riflessi di porpora. Declinazioni di potere femminile tra Roma, Bisanzio e l'Occidente Medievale.
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Centro italiano di studi sull'Alto Medievo. Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali dell'Università di Bologna (sede di Ravenna), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad a través del proyecto "Materializando a una Augusta: Historia, Historiografía e Historiología de las emperatrices Leónidas (457-518) (PCG2018-093729-B-100)Abstract
The women of the Naṣrid court often appear in archival documentation
written in Arabic, translated from Arabic and in Castilian immediately
after the conquest of the emirate. This is not accidental; it is because
these women, even within the Islamic traditions that marginalise
them to specific spaces and functions, exercise specific and useful roles
for the maintenance of the Naṣrid dynasty. These roles explain why they
were allowed to be owners of certain assets, especially in Granada and
its peri-urban area, and perhaps to a lesser extent in rural areas. They
owned significant properties that enhanced their status and that of the
ruling lineage, such as farms, orchards, mansions, and other properties
that were especially profitable, such as baths, shops, inns, bakeries, etc.,
most probably part of a higher institution, as was the royal heritage.
Regarding the specific topic that concerns this article, developed based
on five unpublished documents dated 1460 and 1469, translated from
Arabic in 1509 by the public notary Miçer Ambrosio Xarafí, we analyse
the specific case of three women: the sisters of King Ṣa‘d in the Granada
court (1454-55/1455-62/1463-64).