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The history of slavery in the Muslim world began with institutions inherited from pre-Islamic Arabia. [1][2][3][4] Throughout Muslim history slaves served in various social and economic roles, from powerful emirs to harshly treated manual laborers. Slaves were widely employed in irrigation, mining, and animal husbandry, but most commonly as ...
The trans-Saharan slave trade, also known as the Arab slave trade, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] was a slave trade in which slaves were mainly transported across the Sahara. Most were moved from sub-Saharan Africa to North Africa to be sold to Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civilizations; a small percentage went the other direction. [9]
The Red Sea slave trade, sometimes known as the Islamic slave trade [1] Arab slave trade [2], or Oriental slave trade[3], was a slave trade across the Red Sea trafficking Africans from the African continent to slavery in the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East from antiquity until the mid-20th-century. The Red Sea slave trade is known as one ...
Islamic views on slavery represent a complex and multifaceted body of Islamic thought, with various Islamic groups or thinkers espousing views on the matter which have been radically different throughout history. The Quran and the hadith (sayings of Muhammad) are the sources used for Sharia ,where the legislation concerning slaves is derived from.
The Zanj Rebellion (Arabic: ثورة الزنج Thawrat al-Zanj / Zinj) was a major revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate, which took place from 869 until 883.Begun near the city of Basra in present-day southern Iraq and led by one Ali ibn Muhammad, the insurrection involved both enslaved and freed East Africans (collectively termed "Zanj" in this case) exported in the Indian Ocean slave trade ...
Slavery in the Rashidun Caliphate refers to the chattel slavery taking place in the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), a period when the Islamic Caliphate was established and the Islamic conquest expanded outside of the Arabian Peninsula. The slave trade in the Rashidun Caliphate expanded in parallel with the Imperial Early Muslim conquests, when ...
The slave trade in the Muslim world focused on women for used of domestic servants and sex slaves. [24] Women were trafficked to the royal Abbasid harem from Europe via the Volga trade route, as well as from Africa and Asia. [25] The royal harem was used as a role model for the harems of other wealthy men.
A sketch of stone town showing the old fort and palace from the year 1871 to the year 1875. Zanzibar Stone Town was a port in the Indian Ocean slave trade. Arab-Swahili slave traders and their captives along the Ruvuma River in Mozambique. The Muslim world expanded along trade routes, such as the silk route in the 8th century. As the power and ...