The political life of Queen Boran: Her rise to power and factors that legitimized her rule

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" The political life of Queen Boran: Her rise to power and factors that legitimized her rule "
Haleh Emrani T. Daryaee

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	30024
Doc. No	:	TL6113
Call number	:	‭1427205‬
Main Entry	:	Haleh Emrani
Title & Author	:	The political life of Queen Boran: Her rise to power and factors that legitimized her rule\ Haleh Emrani
College	:	California State University, Fullerton
Date	:	2005
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2005
Page No	:	108-108 p.
Abstract	:	This thesis examines the rule of Queen Boran (c. 629-631 CE), one of the last Sasanian rulers, as that of one of only two women ruling in their own right in Iranian history. The circumstances leading to her coming to the throne are studied to understand the political and social settings that allowed a female to rise to power in the Sasanian Empire. Furthermore, in the last section of this thesis, a comparative study is presented between the social and political circumstances leading to Boran's rule and the conditions in the Sasanians' neighboring societies that led to the rise of women to political prominence between 600 and 900 CE. Considering that the written historical sources covering her reign are scarce, the evidence used includes written primary sources, material culture such as rock reliefs, objects of art such as mosaics, decorated objects, and coinage. The available secondary sources on the Sasanians' social, religious and political history are also examined. In the examination of Boran's ascend to the throne, the application of social theory suggests that for her rise to power certain conditions had to exist to circumvent the normal social and political conditions that denied such positions to women. The evidence is used to support the argument that Sasanians claimed to be from the race of the gods, and that Boran was able to ascend the Sasanian throne by mainly relying on her lineage and also with the support of the nobility and the Zoroastrian clergy.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Iran; Middle Eastern history; Middle Ages; 0333:Middle Eastern history; 0581:Middle Ages
Added Entry	:	T. Daryaee
Added Entry	:	California State University, Fullerton