Race and Slavery in the Middle East

Race and Slavery in the Middle East
Author: Bernard Lewis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1990
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195053265

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

Slavery in the Islamic Middle East
Author: Shaun Elizabeth Marmon
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1999
Genre: Mamelukes
ISBN:

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.

Slavery in the Islamic World

Slavery in the Islamic World
Author: Mary Ann Fay
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2018-11-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137597550

This edited volume determines where slavery in the Islamic world fits within the global history of slavery and the various models that have been developed to analyze it. To that end, the authors focus on a question about Islamic slavery that has frequently been asked but not answered satisfactorily, namely, what is Islamic about slavery in the Islamic world. Through the fields of history, sociology, literature, women's studies, African studies, and comparative slavery studies, this book is an important contribution to the scholarly research on slavery in the Islamic lands, which continues to be understudied and under-represented in global slavery studies.

Slavery in the Arab World

Slavery in the Arab World
Author: Murray Gordon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1989
Genre: Slave-trade
ISBN: 0941533301

...a comprehensive portrait of slavery in the Islamic world from earliest times until today...D>--Arab Book World

Servants of Allah

Servants of Allah
Author: Sylviane A. Diouf
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 081471904X

Explores the stories of African Muslim slaves in the New World. The author argues that although Islam as brought by the Africans did not outlive the last slaves, "what they wrote on the sands of the plantations is a successful story of strength, resilience, courage, pride, and dignity." She discusses Christian Europeans, African Muslims, the Atlantic slave trade, literacy, revolts, and the Muslim legacy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Islam's Black Slaves

Islam's Black Slaves
Author: Ronald Segal
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2002-02-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0374527970

Traces the history of the Islamic slave trade from its inception in the seventh century through its history in China, India, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, and Spain.

Slave Soldiers and Islam

Slave Soldiers and Islam
Author: Daniel Pipes
Publisher: Daniel Pipes
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1981
Genre: Armies
ISBN: 0300024479

De islamiske religiøse idealer medførte, at muslimerne ikke gerne engagerede sig i krig eller regeringsanliggender, hvorfor de gennem tiderne systematisk skaffede sig udenlandske slaver, som blev uddannet og anvendt som professionelle soldater, første gang omkring 815-820, f.eks. er det berømte tyrkiske janitscharkorps, der bestod af osmanniske elitesoldater, skabt i det sene 1300 tal af kristne krigsfanger.

Slave Elites in the Middle East and Africa

Slave Elites in the Middle East and Africa
Author: Tōru Miura
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Civilization, Islamic
ISBN: 9780710306609

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 Islam

Slavery and Islam
Author: Jonathan A.C. Brown
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2020-03-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1786076365

What happens when authorities you venerate condone something you know is wrong? Every major religion and philosophy once condoned or approved of slavery, but in modern times nothing is seen as more evil. Americans confront this crisis of authority when they erect statues of Founding Fathers who slept with their slaves. And Muslims faced it when ISIS revived sex slavery, justifying it with verses from the Quran and the practice of Muhammad. Exploring the moral and ultimately theological problem of slavery, Jonathan A.C. Brown traces how the Christian, Jewish and Islamic traditions have tried to reconcile modern moral certainties with the infallibility of God’s message. He lays out how Islam viewed slavery in theory, and the reality of how it was practiced across Islamic civilization. Finally, Brown carefully examines arguments put forward by Muslims for the abolition of slavery.