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Kloss, Magdalena Moorthy,

Unfree Lives: Slaves at the Najahid and Rasulid Courts of Yemen (11th to 15th centuries CE) / Magdalena Moorthy Kloss. - 1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations. - Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Studies in Global Slavery ; 16 . - Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2025. Studies in Global Slavery ; 16. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Preliminary Remarks -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- 1 Historical Context and Sources -- 1The Najahids – a Dynasty of (Former) Slaves -- 2The Rasulids -- 2 The Medieval Slave Trade to Yemen -- 1Overview -- 2The Unknown Orig

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 Klos


English

ISBN: 9789004693784

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004693784 DOI

LCCN: 2024019645

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slavery--History.--Yemen (Republic)

LC Class. No.: HT865

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3/620953