Slavery and Bondage in Medieval North India - Thirteenth to Eighteenth Centuries Ce

This book examines slavery in India from the Turkish conquest of North India to the centuries of Mughal rule. It focuses is on the northern Islamic regimes' treatment of slavery but not limited or determined by the actions and demands of the ruling class alone.

List of contents

Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 PART I Sultanate and Slavery 31 1 Conquest, Enslavement and Slave Trade 33 2 Slaves: The Upper Strata 62 3 Slaves at Work: Ordinary Slaves 90 PART II Contraction and Continuities in Mughal Centuries 113 4 Slave Ban, Acquisition and Trade in Mughal India 115 5 Slaves in the Imperial Establishment: Contradictions 138 6 Slavery and Bondage at Large 164 Conclusion 186 Index 199

About the author

Shadab Bano is a Professor in the Department of History (Women's College Section) at Aligarh Muslim University. Her primary research focus is on slave studies and gender history in medieval India, and she has several publications on the social and economic dimensions of slavery and on marginalized women and gender. Her other research interest is in Muslim women's education and rights in colonial and contemporary India. She has co-edited the volume Teaching/Writing Resistance: Women's Studies in Contemporary Times with Panchali Ray.

Summary

This book examines slavery in India from the Turkish conquest of North India to the centuries of Mughal rule. It focuses is on the northern Islamic regimes' treatment of slavery but not limited or determined by the actions and demands of the ruling class alone.

Product details

• Authors: Shadab Bano
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032778525
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3277852-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Regional Studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Northern India, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, Slavery;Bondage;Mughal;Sultanate;Slave trade;Medieval India