Possessed by the right hand : the problem of slavery in Islamic law and Muslim cultures

In Possessed by the Right Hand, the first comprehensive legal history of slavery in Islam ever offered to readers, Bernard K. Freamon, an African-American Muslim law professor, provides a penetrating analysis of the problems of slavery and slave-trading in Islamic history. After examining the issues...

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Auteur principal : Freamon Bernard K. (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Possessed by the right hand : the problem of slavery in Islamic law and Muslim cultures / by Bernard K. Freamon
Publié : Leiden, Boston : Brill , C 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-570 p.)
Collection : Studies in global slavery ; 8
Sujets :
  • P. 1
  • Introduction
  • P. 20
  • 1. Slavery, slave trading, and the law in the Pre-Islamic Middle East
  • P. 88
  • 2. Slavery and slave trading in early Islam
  • P. 159
  • 3. Slavery and empire in the medieval and early modern Islamic worlds
  • P. 219
  • 4. The Mamluk/Ghulam phenomenon slave sultans, soldiers, eunuchs, and concubines
  • P. 245
  • 5. Plural imperialisms and multiple diasporas
  • P. 284
  • 6. A taxonomy of slavery and slave trading in Muslim cultures
  • P. 305
  • 7. The rise and impact of abolitionism
  • P. 371
  • 8. A tale of three sovereigns the Shah, the Khedive, and the Sultan
  • P. 439
  • 9. The illusion of abolition
  • P. 464
  • 10. The reemergence of slavery and slave trading in the Muslim world