Slavery as Depicted in the Sharia Court Records of Aleppo, 956-1027 AH / 1550-1619 CE

March 30, 2023 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Europe, Russia & Eurasia

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This event takes place in the Natalie Zemon Davis Room, 2098 Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street. No registration is required.
This presentation will discuss on-going work on the nature of slavery as revealed in the sharia court records of Aleppo. It will include statistical information on aspects such as regional origins, gender, prices, manumission, and runaways. It will also focus on a couple of interesting case studies and suggest some very preliminary conclusions.
Sponsored by the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Department of History and the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Europe, Russia & Eurasia
Arba Bardhi; arba.bardhi@utoronto.ca

Speakers

Thabit A.J. Abdullah

Professor at the Department of History, York University