Women’s adah versus “women’s law” : the contesting issue of mahr in Aden, Yemen
There can hardly be a better place to study the issue of mahr (marriage payment) than Aden, the city that itself once acted as a dower. In the year 1068, Sayyida Arwa, a young woman raised in the royal house married her cousin al-Mukarram, the son of cAlî al-Sulayhî who was the Fatimid ruler of the...
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Égypte/Monde arabe
2008
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| Online toegang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Samenvatting: | There can hardly be a better place to study the issue of mahr (marriage payment) than Aden, the city that itself once acted as a dower. In the year 1068, Sayyida Arwa, a young woman raised in the royal house married her cousin al-Mukarram, the son of cAlî al-Sulayhî who was the Fatimid ruler of the Yemen. The bride was only 16 at the time of the wedding, but well-read and a skilful writer. The ruler bestowed on her as her mahr and her personal income and property the revenues of the prospero... |
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