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            Unfree Lives

            Slaves at the Najahid and Rasulid courts of Yemen (11th to 15th centuries CE)

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            Author(s)
            Moorthy Kloss, Magdalena
            Collection
            Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
            Language
            English
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            Abstract
            This first detailed study of slavery in medieval Yemen examines the lives of women and men who were enslaved as children and then placed in various subaltern positions - from domestic servant to royal concubine, from quarryman to army commander.
             
            Diese erste detaillierte Studie der Sklaverei im mittelalterlichen Jemen analysiert das Leben von Frauen und Männern, die als Kinder versklavt wurden und dann verschiedene Rollen für ihre Besitzer:innen einnahmen - von Hausgehilfinnen und Steinbrucharbeitern bis hin zu königlichen Konkubinen und Kommandanten.
             
            URI
            https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/159722
            Keywords
            Cultural anthropology; ÖFOS 2012 -- SOCIAL SCIENCES (5) -- Sociology (504) -- Sociology (5040) -- Cultural anthropology (504017); Social history; ÖFOS 2012 -- SOCIAL SCIENCES (5) -- Sociology (504) -- Sociology (5040) -- Social history (504026); Anthropology; Thema Subject Codes -- Society and Social Sciences (J) -- Sociology and anthropology (JH) -- Anthropology (JHM); Shariah law: key topics and practice; Thema Subject Codes -- Law (L) -- Shariah law (LW) -- Shariah law: key topics and practice (LWK); Middle Eastern history; Thema Subject Codes -- History and Archaeology (N) -- History (NH) -- Middle Eastern history (NHG); Slavery and abolition of slavery; Thema Subject Codes -- History and Archaeology (N) -- History (NH) -- History: specific events and topics (NHT) -- Slavery and abolition of slavery (NHTS); Islamic life and practice; Thema Subject Codes -- Philosophy and Religion (Q) -- Religion and beliefs (QR) -- Islam (QRP) -- Islamic life and practice (QRPP); Slavery; slave trade; Yemen; Arabian Peninsula; Indian Ocean; gender; race; Middle East and North Africa (MENA); historical anthropology; medieval Arabic, African diaspora; Rasulids; Islam; eunuchs; concubines; Kulturanthropologie; ÖFOS 2012 -- SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN (5) -- Soziologie (504) -- Soziologie (5040) -- Kulturanthropologie (504017); Sozialgeschichte; ÖFOS 2012 -- SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN (5) -- Soziologie (504) -- Soziologie (5040) -- Sozialgeschichte (504026); Anthropologie; Thema Klassifizierung -- Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften (J) -- Soziologie und Anthropologie (JH) -- Anthropologie (JHM); Scharia: Hauptthemen und Praxis; Thema Klassifizierung -- Recht (L) -- Scharia, islamisches Recht (LW) -- Scharia: Hauptthemen und Praxis (LWK); Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens; Thema Klassifizierung -- Geschichte und Archäologie (N) -- Geschichte (NH) -- Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens (NHG); Sklaverei und Abschaffung der Sklaverei; Thema Klassifizierung -- Geschichte und Archäologie (N) -- Geschichte (NH) -- Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen (NHT) -- Sklaverei und Abschaffung der Sklaverei (NHTS); Islam: Leben und Praxis; Thema Klassifizierung -- Philosophie und Religion (Q) -- Religion und Glaube (QR) -- Islam (QRP) -- Islam: Leben und Praxis (QRPP); Sklaverei; Sklavenhandel; Jemen; Arabische Halbinsel; Indischer Ozean; Gender; Rassismus; MENA-Region; historische Anthropologie; arabisch, afrikanische Diaspora; Rasuliden; Islam; Eunuch; Konkubine
            DOI
            10.1163/9789004693784
            ISBN
            9789004692831
            Publisher
            Brill
            Publisher website
            http://www.brill.com
            Publication date and place
            2024
            Grantor
            • Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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            Brill
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