IMC 2016: Sessions

Session 1038: Slavery in the Medieval Islamic World, I: Ownership and Law

Organisers:	Thomas J. MacMaster, Department of History, Morehouse College, Georgia / School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh Magdalena Moorthy Kloss, Institut für Sozialanthropologie, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Moderator/Chair:	Magdalena Moorthy Kloss, Institut für Sozialanthropologie, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Paper 1038-a	Abbasid Cities and Their Slave Markets, c. 750-950 (Language: English) Matthew S. Gordon, Department of History, Miami University, Ohio Index terms: Economics - Trade, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Law, Social History
Paper 1038-c	The Sacred Concept of Manumission in Islamic Law, 8th-12th Centuries (Language: English) Cristina de la Puente, Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráno, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid Index terms: Economics - General, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Law, Social History
Abstract	These three papers look at three aspects of slavery in the Islamicate world. The first extends Michael McCormick's arguments by examining Arabic sources that compliment his thesis whilst the second examines the religious imperative given to the act of manumission.