Slave Elites In The Middle East And Africa
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Slave Elites In The Middle East And Africa
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Author : Tōru Miura
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2000
Slave Elites In The Middle East And Africa written by Tōru Miura and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Civilization, Islamic categories.
Specialists in Middle Eastern and African studies consider the practice of slavery in different regions from a comparative perspective, dealing with key issues: the ethnic origins of slave soliders and officials and the reasons for the development of the slave soldier system in comparison with non-elite slaves; the legal status of slave elites and the administrative roles of slave soldiers and officials; the linguistic and cultural identity of slave elites and its relation to their society of origin and of residence; the economy of slave elites including payment and economic activities; and the relation of slave elite systems to Islamic civilization.
Slavery And Abolition In The Ottoman Middle East
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Author : Ehud R. Toledano
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Slavery And Abolition In The Ottoman Middle East written by Ehud R. Toledano and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with History categories.
In the Ottoman Empire, many members of the ruling elite were legally slaves of the sultan and therefore could, technically, be ordered to surrender their labor, their property, or their lives at any moment. Nevertheless, slavery provided a means of social mobility, conferring status and political power within the military, the bureaucracy, or the domestic household and formed an essential part of patronage networks. Ehud R. Toledano’s exploration of slavery from the Ottoman viewpoint is based on extensive research in British, French, and Turkish archives and offers rich, original, and important insights into Ottoman life and thought. In an attempt to humanize the narrative and take it beyond the plane of numbers, tables and charts, Toledano examines the situations of individuals representing the principal realms of Ottoman slavery, female harem slaves, the sultan’s military and civilian kuls, court and elite eunuchs, domestic slaves, Circassian agricaultural slaves, slave dealers, and slave owners. Slavery and Abolition in the Ottoman Middle East makes available new and significantly revised studies on nineteenth-century Middle Eastern slavery and suggests general approaches to the study of slavery in different cultures.
Race And Slavery In The Middle East
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Author : Terence Walz
language : en
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
Race And Slavery In The Middle East written by Terence Walz and has been published by American University in Cairo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with History categories.
In the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of Africans were forcibly migrated northward to Egypt and other eastern Mediterranean destinations, yet relatively little is known about them. Studies have focused mainly on the mamluk and harem slaves of elite households, who were mostly white, and on abolitionist efforts to end the slave trade, and most have relied heavily on western language sources. In the past forty years new sources have become available, ranging from Egyptian religious and civil court and police records to rediscovered archives and accounts in western archives and libraries. Along with new developments in the study of African slavery these sources provide a perspective on the lives of non-elite trans-Saharan Africans in nineteenth century Egypt and beyond. The nine essays in this volume examine the lives of slaves and freed men and women in Egypt and the region. Contributors: Kenneth M. Cuno, Y. Hakan Erdem, Michael Ferguson, Emad Ahmad Helal Shams al-Din, Liat Kozma, George Michael La Rue, Ahmad A. Sikainga, Eve M. Troutt Powell, and Terence Walz.
Race And Slavery In The Middle East
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Author : Bernard Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1990
Race And Slavery In The Middle East written by Bernard Lewis and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
From the time of Moses up to the 1960s, slavery was a fact of life in the Middle East. But if the Middle East was the last region to renounce slavery, how do we account for its -- and especially Islam's -- image of racial harmony? This book explores these questions. The research presented in this book was first undertaken as part of a group project on tolerance and intolerance in human societies. The group project was never completed but the material gathered for the project on Islam stimulated the book's study of race and slavery in the Middle East, a subject that appears to have so far encouraged scant study. -- Publisher description.
Slavery In The Islamic Middle East
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Author : Shaun Elizabeth Marmon
language : en
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Release Date : 1999
Slavery In The Islamic Middle East written by Shaun Elizabeth Marmon and has been published by Markus Wiener Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Mamelukes categories.
Slavery, recognized and regulated by Islamic law, was an integral part of Muslim societies in the Middle East well into modern times. Recruited from the "Abode of War" by means of trade or warfare, slaves began their lives in the Islamic world as deracinated outsiders, described by Muslim jurists as being in a state like death, awaiting resurrection and rebirth through manumission. Many of these slaves were manumitted and some rose to prominence as soldiers and political leaders. Others were not so fortunate. Slaves of African origin, in particular, were often condemned to lives of menial labor. Despite the importance of slavery in Islamic history, this institution has received scant attention from scholars. This volume examines the institution of slavery in Islam in a range of cultural settings.
As If Silent And Absent
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Author : Ehud R. Toledano
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2007-07-12
As If Silent And Absent written by Ehud R. Toledano and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-12 with Social Science categories.
This groundbreaking book reconceptualizes slavery through the voices of enslaved persons themselves, voices that have remained silent in the narratives of conventional history. Focusing in particular on the Islamic Middle East from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, Ehud R. Toledano examines how bonded persons experienced enslavement in Ottoman societies. He draws on court records and a variety of other unexamined primary sources to uncover important new information about the Africans and Circassians who were forcibly removed from their own societies and transplanted to Middle East cultures that were alien to them. Toledano also considers the experiences of these enslaved people within the context of the global history of slavery. The book looks at the bonds of slavery from an original perspective, moving away from the traditional master/slave domination paradigm toward the point of view of the enslaved and their responses to their plight. With keen and original insights, Toledano suggests new ways of thinking about enslavement.
Slavery In The Arab World
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Author : Murray Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1989
Slavery In The Arab World written by Murray Gordon and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Slave-trade categories.
...a comprehensive portrait of slavery in the Islamic world from earliest times until today...D>--Arab Book World
Reflections On Arab Led Slavery Of Africans
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Author : Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society
language : en
Publisher: Advanced Studies of African Society (Casas)
Release Date : 2005
Reflections On Arab Led Slavery Of Africans written by Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society and has been published by Advanced Studies of African Society (Casas) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Social Science categories.
Slavery And Emancipation In Islamic East Africa
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Author : Elisabeth McMahon
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-30
Slavery And Emancipation In Islamic East Africa written by Elisabeth McMahon and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-30 with History categories.
Examining the process of abolition on the island of Pemba off the East African coast in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island. By examining the social vulnerability of ex-slaves and the former slave-owning elite caused by the abolition order of 1897, this study argues that moments of resistance on Pemba reflected an effort to mitigate vulnerability rather than resist the hegemonic power of elites or the colonial state. As the meaning of the Swahili word heshima shifted from honour to respectability, individuals' reputations came under scrutiny and the Islamic kadhi and colonial courts became an integral location for interrogating reputations in the community. This study illustrates the ways in which former slaves used piety, reputation, gossip, education, kinship and witchcraft to negotiate the gap between emancipation and local notions of belonging.
Slavery In The Modern Middle East And North Africa
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Author : Elena Andreeva
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Slavery In The Modern Middle East And North Africa written by Elena Andreeva and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Enslaved persons categories.
"What is the nature of slavery as practiced and at times reintroduced over the past two centuries in the Middle East and North Africa? In spite of the rich regional diversity of the areas studied - from Morocco to the Indian Ocean to Iran - this anthology demonstrates clear commonalities across the super-region. These include the regulation of slavery by Islam and local traditions, the absence of a rigid racial hierarchy as in North American slavery, the management of the sexuality and reproductive capacity of female slaves, and views on identity and heritage among descendants of slaves. Authors also examine the economic and theological underpinnings of contemporary slavery and human trafficking. The book is among the first to focus on slavery across the Islamic world from the 19th century to the present - a period constituting the endgame of institutionalized slavery in the region but also the persistence of forms of de facto enslavement. Each chapter scrutinizes from a different vantage point - institutions, economics, the abolitionist movement, literature, folklore, and the moving image - creating a multi-dimensional picture of the phenomenon. The authors have mined government archives and statistics, memoirs, interviews, photographs, drawings, songs, cinema and television. Not only are Arabic, Persian and Turkish sources leveraged, but a variety of materials in minor and endangered languages, such as Soqotri, Balochi and Sorani Kurdish, in addition to European languages"--