Slavery and Empire in Central Asia

ISBN-13: 9781108456111 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

Jeff Eden

Opis

Using newly-uncovered archival evidence, Jeff Eden sheds unprecedented light on the lives of slaves ensnared by the Central Asian slave trade.

Recenzje

'Slavery and Empire in Central Asia dispels a multitude of myths and stereotypes about slavery in Central Asia, partly through the meticulous reading of Russian archives, partly through Jeff Eden's innovative use of documents and narratives in Persian and Chaghatai. He shows that almost everything we thought we knew about Central Asian slavery is untrue … Through the study of slavery Eden is also able to explore trade, social norms and hierarchies and the relations between nomadic and sedentary populations in a crucial period of Central Asia's under-studied history.' Alexander Morrison, University of Oxford

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The setting: Russia, Iran, and the slaves of the Khanates; 2. Beyond the bazaars: geographies of the slave trade in Central Asia; 3. From despair to liberation: Mῑrzā Maḥmūd Taqῑ Āshtiyānῑ's ten years of slavery; 4. The slaves' world: jobs, roles and families; 5. From slaves to serfs: manumission along the Kazakh frontier; 6. The Khan as Russian agent: native informants and abolition; 7. The conquest of Khiva and the myth of Russian abolitionism in Central Asia.