The Sultanas of Alhambra discover the role of women in the Nasrid court

They were the great unknown of the Kingdom of Granada Nazari, some quietly passed by history and, other, influencing policy decisions at the time. Are the Sultanas of Alhambra. This morning, the director general of the Council of the Alhambra and Generalife, María del Mar Villafranca, and the author of the first study on women Moorish court, the Arabist Barbara Boloix, presented this book, published by the Monument and the publisher Comares, amid a female walk in different areas of the Alhambra.
In the opinion of its author, the study aims to discover “how were those women who inhabited the mysterious rooms of the Alhambra, which toured the gardens delighted with constant murmur of water, which gave life to those private spaces that are now covered by thousands of visitors “.
Furthermore, in ‘The Sultanas of Alhambra, the great unknown of the Kingdom of Granada , covering thirteenth and fifteenth century, both wives, and concubines, sisters and daughters occupy a leading role:They were women who despite living confined inside the palaces, influenced the social and political life of the Nasrid court. Some had a very strong character, as the Sultana Fatima, wife of Ismail I, who was a woman with a strong presence in the world of politics, or the concubine of Yusuf I called Rim, which was a manipulative, or mother Boabdil, the Sultana Aixa, of which there are many legends that point it was a very strong woman, a great fighter, and he was on the ball to get his son were to govern.
The route passed through the courtyard of the Harem, Hall of the Two Sisters and Tower of the Princesses and has been guided by the director of the Alhambra, for whom “the role that these women were assigned in the Nasrid court was related to the field domestic. This study has gone further and it also shows reflections on female spaces in which dwelt .
 
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