Household - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Household - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Hathaway, Jane

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061933
Doc. NO	:	ALei2330
Main Entry	:	Hathaway, Jane
Title & Author	:	Household - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Hathaway, Jane
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,141 words)
Abstract	:	The household (Ar. bayt ; Ott. Turk. qāpı ; mod. Turk. kapı ) was a conglomeration of patron-client and kinship ties that played a key role in the administration of virtually all premodern Muslim polities. The use of the household as an administrative structure dates to the earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia. Thus, the royal palace in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which ruled much of the Near East c. 911–609 B.C.E., was divided into bābanu (“our gate”) and bītanu (“our house”), signifying the dichotomy between the outer, public space and
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2330.pdf