Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Khadijeh Alemi ¹
• Hanieh Askari ²
• Parvin Soheil Shamayee ³

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Tehran, Iran

² MA in Islamic History, University of Tehran, Iran

³ BA in History, University of Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Political and social isolation of women in pre-Islamic period and their blurred role in social and political life changed with the advent of Islam. However, in the era of the caliphs, under the influence of Jewish and Christian cultural elements and the revival of certain pre-Islamic Arabian traditions, the page was turned and the situation is well reflected in historical texts and traditions. This paper intends to study this backward view point reflected in historical and narrative texts available from the 2nd to 7th centuries. This research tries to address this issue: what are the social and political factors of Pre-Islamic Arabian traditions regarding woman in historical and narrative texts from the 2nd to 7th centuries. In response to this question, the present paper suggests that many of the stories found in historical and narrative medieval texts  with misogynistic attitudes are fake and the chain of narrators are not reliable. Identifying unreliable narratives and their impact on changing attitudes toward women in Islamic society is the main goal of the paper. Research method is historical analysis using medieval texts and written sources from the 2nd to 7th centuries.

Keywords

• socio-political indicator
• ignorant look
• woman
• narrative and historical texts

Main Subjects

• Historic