Captives and Companions - A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World

His previous books include South from Barbary: Along the Slave Routes of the Libyan Sahara (2001), the bestselling Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World (2004) and The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus (2008). His last book, Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood (2014) won the Royal Society of Literature''s Ondaatje Prize and was praised by the judges as ''a truly monumental achievement''.<>

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Justin Marozzi

Product details

• Authors: Justin Marozzi, Marozzi Justin
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 02.07.2026
• EAN: 9780141997650
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199765-0
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Ottoman Empire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Africa / North, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, General & world history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Middle Eastern history, African History, General and world history, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery