ISBN:
9783847010913
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (247 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Mamluk Studies v.21
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.36209559999998
Keywords:
Slavery-Middle East-History
;
Slavery-Syria-History-To 1500
;
Slavery-Egypt-History-To 1500
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A Contribution to the Study of Slavery -- The Semantics of Slavery -- A Household-Centric Approach -- The Master-Slave Relationship -- Agency -- Sources, Structure, and Methodology -- 1. The Urban Slave Market -- 1.1 The Mamluk Slave Market as the Endpoint of an Interregional Supply Chain -- 1.1.1 Slave Markets in Cairo -- 1.2 Regulations in the Marketplace: Inspection Manuals -- 1.2.1 How to Inspect a Slave Trader: A Translation from al-Shayzarī's Manual -- 1.2.2 Actors on the Urban Slave Market -- 1.2.3 Miscellaneous Regulations -- 1.3 Demand for Slaves: Purchase Manuals -- 1.3.1 Reasons for Buying a Slave -- 1.3.2 Racial Stereotypes -- 1.3.3 Slave Women as Workers, Mothers, and Sex Objects -- 1.3.4 Physical Examinations and Physiognomy -- 2. The Practice of Selling Slaves -- 2.1 Notarial Practice in the Late Mamluk Empire -- 2.2 Case Study: A House-Born Slave in Upper Egypt -- 2.3 Case Study: Slave Trading in Jerusalem -- 2.4 Contrasting Literary and Documentary Evidence -- 3. Integration and Participation -- 3.1 Context and Methodology -- 3.1.1 The Urban Setting -- 3.1.2 Listening Certificates as Historical Sources -- 3.1.3 Certificate Collections and Methodology -- 3.2 Analysis -- 3.2.1 Ethnic Composition -- 3.2.2 Slave Procreation -- 3.2.3 Freed Slaves -- 3.2.4 Masters -- 3.3 Case Study: A Public Reading Circle -- 3.4 Case Study: A Private Reading Circle -- 4. Sexual Exploitation and Accommodation -- 4.1 Concubinage -- 4.2 Marriage -- 4.3 Enslavement at Birth -- 5. Manumission -- 5.1 Legal Principles -- 5.2 Practice -- 5.3 Societal Impact -- 6. Independence and Death -- 6.1 The Poor, the Rich, and the Soldier -- 6.2 Patterns -- 6.3 Socio-economic Status -- Conclusions -- Slave Markets -- Households, Integration, Kinship.
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