TraSIS: Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies. Three Concepts from Islamic Legal Sources
For centuries, slavery in various forms was an integral part of Islamicate societies. Different manifestations of unfreedom are rooted in different legal concepts and have produced varying social realities for the individuals concerned. For the purposes of this project, slavery is an analytical category that includes various forms of dependency, even if the connections between them are not explicitly reflected in their Arabic terms. Content and aim of the research project Muslim jurists have conceptualised freedom and unfreedom in a range of…