GLST 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mawla, Jizya, Dhimmi
29 Sep 2016
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Mawali muslim converts still had to pay taxesa. Gender roles in the umayyad age: position of women actually pretty good, don"t confuse w/ life in. Muhammad stressed importance of marriage, fatherhood adultery illegal 2. Husband can marry up to four wives, but must be able to support them all 3. Got rid of infanticide, gave more property rights to women: many of women some of his strongest early followers wife for instance a. Helped compile qur"an, some even went along on campaigns: veiling isn"t mentioned, but one woman even said why cover, allah made me this wayx. Umayyad decline and fall: umayyad caliph"s growing addiction to luxury and soft living see. Saddam hussein in dictionary: stopped fighting wars, built palaces revolts start around empireb. Merv don"t be scared by the name, but this is where the revolution begins enough: 50,000 warriors had married local women identified with region2.
