Eunuchs, Caliphs and Sultans: A Study in Power Relationships

The study of the eunuch phenomenon in Islam is still in its infancy in spite of its unique importance within Muslim civilization up to the early twentieth century. This book covers a period from the beginning of Islam, up to the beginning of the sixteenth century, and deals mainly with the eunuchs in the major centers of Islam in the East (Umayyads, 'Abbasids, Seljuks, Zengids, Ayyubids and Mamluks and to some extent, the Fatimids of Egypt). It is not a history of the eunuchs in that wide area but rather is mainly concerned with the power accumulated by them.Ayalon, David is the author of 'Eunuchs, Caliphs and Sultans: A Study in Power Relationships', published 1999 under ISBN 9789654930178 and ISBN 965493017X.