Unfree lives slaves at the Najahid and Rasulid courts of Yemen (11th to 15th centuries CE) by Magdalena Moorthy Kloss

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moorthy Kloss, Magdalena, author.

Series:

Studies in global slavery 2405-4585 volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Yemen (Republic)--History.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston Brill [2024]

Summary:

"Unfree Lives illuminates Yemen's forgotten history of slavery, as well as the transregional dimensions of slave trading in the Red Sea and wider Indian Ocean world. By analyzing Arabic narrative and administrative sources, Magdalena Moorthy Kloss reconstructs the lives of women and men who were trafficked to Yemen as children and then placed in various subaltern positions - from domestic servant to royal concubine, from quarryman to army commander. In this first in-depth study of unfree lives in Yemen, Moorthy Kloss argues that slaves and former slaves made significant contributions to social, economic and political processes in the medieval period. She highlights the gendered nature of slavery through a nuanced examination of the social identities of eunuchs and concubines. Unfree Lives also includes detailed information on slave trading between the Horn of Africa and Yemen in the 13th century, as well as an account of the little-known Najahid dynasty that was founded by Ethiopian slaves"-- Provided by publisher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

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Other Format:

Print version Moorthy Kloss, Magdalena. Unfree lives

ISBN:

9004693785

9789004693784

OCLC:

1434745170

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