What was the position of women in the Abbasid Empire?

Answer 1

It depended on who they were married to or who their father was. The poorest women were actively engaged in local labor such as farm maintenance and servile work. They were responsible for maintaining the home. (They overall had a stronger economic impact than upper-class women.) Upper-class women were second class citizens, and did not have free movement. By free movement I mean, they were not free to travel whenever they felt like it, they were highly restricted. Dress was regulated by Islamic custom, which meant that most women, in addition to covering their arms up to their hands and legs up to their sandals, had to wear the hijab to cover their hair. (This is similar to modern Egyptian dress.)

It is important to note that the women of the Abbassid Empire were treated much better than woman in concurrent Empires like the Song in China or Castilla-Leon in Spain, but not as well as modern states like the United States or Turkey.

Answer 2

It depended on who they were married to or who their father was. The poorest women were actively engaged in local labor such as farm maintenance and servile work. They were responsible for maintaining the home. (They overall had a stronger economic impact than upper-class women.) Upper-class women were second class citizens, and did not have free movement. By free movement I mean, they were not free to travel whenever they felt like it, they were highly restricted. Dress was regulated by Islamic custom, which meant that most women, in addition to covering their arms up to their hands and legs up to their sandals, had to wear the hijab to cover their hair. (This is similar to modern Egyptian dress.)

It is important to note that the women of the Abbassid Empire were treated much better than woman in concurrent Empires like the Song in China or Castilla-Leon in Spain, but not as well as modern states like the United States or Turkey.