Aśu the Convert: A Slave Girl or a Nāyar Land Owner?

Aśu was a twelfth-century woman from the West Coast of South India. She is mentioned as a Tuḷuva “slave girl” (šifḥa) in a deed of manumission authored by Abraham Ben Yijū, a Jewish merchant who lived with her for nearly eighteen years and had children with her. It is thus accepted that Aśu was a ma...

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Main Author: Gamliʾel, Ofirah (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum [2018]
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Pages: 201-246
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ben Yijû, Abraham ca. 12. Jahrhundert / Kerala / Nairs / Jews / Christian / Network / History 1100-1200
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Conversions
B Intermarriage
B premodern Malabar
B Slaves
B trade networks
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