What Do Sources Say about Agricultural Slavery (and Why Don’t They Say More)? A Study on Legal Sources for Early Islamic Ifrīqiya
This study examines the evidence for agricultural slavery in early Islamic Ifrīqiya and relates it to the existing historiography on the topic. It argues that legal texts, which are used more than other sources to understand slavery and slave labor, are of limited value for understanding agricultura...
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2025
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Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Year: 2025, Volume: 68, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 536-574 |
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Ifrīqiya
B Zanj revolt B agricultural slavery B Islamic Law B Mudawwana B Aghlabids |
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