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1.  EINLEITUNG  3

1.1.  GESCHICHTSSCHREIBUNG - DAS PROBLEM DES „SICHTBAR WERDENS“  3

1.2.  QUELLENPROBLEMATIK FÜR DAS 16. JAHRHUNDERT  4

2.  GRUNDLAGEN FÜR DIE MACHT VON SAFAWIDISCHEN FRAUEN DER  

HERRSCHENDEN  KLASSE  5

2.1.  FRAUEN IN STAMMESGESELLSCHAFTEN  5

2.2.  URSPRÜNGE DER SAFAWIDEN.  6

2.3.  DIE HEIRAT ALS POLITISCHER SCHACHZUG  7

3.  SAFAWIDISCHE PRINZESSINNEN UND HERRSCHERFRAUEN  9

3.1.  (AUS-)BILDUNG DER PRINZESSINNEN  9

3.2.  SCHRIFTVERKEHR - PRINZESSINNEN ALS DIPLOMATINNEN.  9

3.3.  MILITÄRISCHE FÄHIGKEITEN DER PRINZESSINNEN  10

3.4.  FRAUEN ALS POLITISCHE MACHTHABERINNEN  11

3.4.1.  Möglichkeiten und Beschränkungen  11

3.4.2.  Einflussreiche safawidische Prinzessinnen und Herrscherfrauen  12

3.4.3.  Einflussreiche Frauen in den Provinzen  17

4.  KURZER AUSBLICK AUF DAS 17. JAHRHUNDERT  19

5.  ZUSAMMENFASSUNG  20

6.  LITERATUR.  22

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