Ballad of Las and Khazal 359
Ballad of Shor Mahmud and Marzingan 359
Balquis Fatima v. Najm-ul-Ikram Qureshi (case) 378
Baluch 335, 338, 341, 571
Baluches 571
Baluchistan 240, 342
Baluchmayar 571
al-Banàt, Siràj 788
Banchte Shekha 174
Bandaranike, Srimavo 90
Bandung 431, 636
Bangladesh 7, 38, 52–55, 82–83, 90–92, 106–107,
123–125, 142–143, 171, 173–174, 179–180, 202,
216–217, 225, 240–242, 266, 286–288, 304,
338–341, 343, 377–378, 405–406, 433–435, 468,
471, 503–504, 532–533, 546, 548, 559–560, 593,
627–628, 645, 702–704, 739, 756
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad 704
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) 54, 83, 559
Bangladesh Women’s Affairs Directorate 704
Bangsamoro 323
Bangsamoro Women’s Foundation for Peace and
Development 323
Banjul 182
Banjul Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights 307
Banke 124
Bànù, Gulistan 802
Banù≠Awf 776
BanùHàshim 776
BanùSa≠d b. Bakr 356
Baobab 182, 224, 280, 562
al-Bàqir, Mu™ammad 446
Baraghànì, Fà†ima 481
Baraghànì, Fàtimih Bigum (see Qurrat al-≠Ayn)
Barelvi 341
Barmaya 481
Barre, Siyad 549
Barzani 364
Barzani, Mustafa 575
Barzinji, Sheikh Mahmoud 363, 652
Baçbakanlık Aile Araçtırma Kurumu 791
Baçbakanlık Kadının Statüsü ve Sorunları Genel
Müdürlü‘ü 791
al-Bashìr, ≠Umar 278, 562
al-Bàsil bek, ≠Abd al-Sattàr67
Baçkent Kadın Platformu 57
Basra Province 465
al-Baßri, al-£asan 476
Batak 420
Batak Karo 332–333
al-Batinah 465
Bayazìdì, Mela Ma™mùd 358–359
Bayezid I 349
Bayrak, Tosun 771
BayramìMelàmìs 622
Bayràmìorder 761
Bayt al-Umma 647
BBC Arabic service 657
Bùdshìshiyya order 765
Beast of Morocco(film) 757
Becker, Carl Heinrich 772
Bedevìorder 761
Beduin 67, 120, 189, 210–211, 228, 233, 356,
422–423, 455, 494, 574, 749
Behbehani, Soraya 772
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 22, 85,
267, 275, 278, 280, 488, 584–585, 598, 642, 672,
675, 785
Beijing+5 672
Beirut 13, 36–37, 585, 657–658, 782
Beja People’s Party 661
Bektàshìorder 623, 713, 761–762, 767
Bektàsh-i Walì 623
Belgium 30, 187, 293, 484, 535–536, 732
Bello, Muhammad 328–329
Ben Ali, Zinelabidine 558, 641
Bengali Muslim Women’s Association 53
Bennani, Farida 654
Berber Academy 576
Berber Spring 576
Berber Study Group 576
Berberity 576
Berbers 30, 69, 528, 576–577, 689, 712, 749, 765
Berlin 536
Berti 331
Beylerian, Marie 13
Bhabha, Homi 294
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) 286, 560, 741
Bhikha, Zain 292
Bhopal 60, 646
Bhutan 92, 123
Bhutto, Benazir 52–53, 83, 90, 148, 559–560
Bhutto, Nusrat 53
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali 53, 83, 181
Bi Amman (Abadi Banu Begum) 61, 645
BìbìSi±Shanbah 803–804
Bi߆àmì, shaykh 766
Bidlìsì, Sharaf al-Dìn 358
Bihishti Zewar 60, 497
Bihrùzì, Maryam 605
Biko, Steve 578
Bilbas tribal confederacy 215
Bin Laden, Osama 754
Bint al-Ar∂ 585
Bint al-Nìl68
Birgivi Mehmed Efendi 501
Birkan 765
Birmingham 109, 718
Bishari 689
Bishkek 116
Bishkek Humanitarian University 784
Bishnois 339
Bi߆àmì, Sufi shaykh 766
Black Consciousness Movement 578
Black Sunday(film) 758
Black Women’s Federation of South Africa 438
Bohras 123, 194, 465
Bonn 783
Boran, Behice 665
Bornu 222, 330
Boserup, Esther 311
Bosnia-Herzegovina 42–43, 306, 333, 370–371, 534,
536, 553–554, 632, 685, 693, 735–736, 761–762
Boston 781
Botan 360
Botswana 126, 526
Bounaaman 712
Bourguiba, Habib 558, 640, 750
Bouteflika, Abdelaziz 641
Bozoklu Djalàl revolt 622
Bradford 110, 535, 718
Brahuis 571
Brazil 221
Brelwi 716
British Colombia 162
British Shariah Council 385
British Somaliland 75
Brocaded Saree, The(book) 194
Brunei 27, 351, 378–380, 393, 429–431, 746
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