Title A history of slavery and emancipation in Iran, 1800-1929 / Behnaz A. Mirzai

Edition First edition Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Commerce and slavery on Iran's frontiers, 1600/1800 : an overview -- Slavery and forging new Iranian frontiers, 1800/1900 -- The trade in enslaved people from Africa to Iran, 1800/1900 -- Patterns of enslavement -- Slaves in nineteenth-century Iran -- Slave trade suppression legislation -- Anti-slavery debates within Iran -- Emancipation -- Final thoughts Summary Slavery in the Middle East is a growing field of study, but the history of slavery in a key country, Iran, has never before been written. This history extends to Africa in the west and India in the east, to Russia and Turkmenistan in the north, and to the Arab states in the south. As the slave trade between Iran and these regions shifted over time, it transformed the nation and helped forge its unique culture and identity. Thus, a history of Iranian slavery is crucial to understanding the character of the modern nation. Drawing on extensive archival research in Iran, Tanzania, England, and France, as well as fieldwork and interviews in Iran, Behnaz A. Mirzai offers the first history of slavery in modern Iran from the early nineteenth century to emancipation in the mid-twentieth century. She investigates how foreign military incursion, frontier insecurity, political instability, and economic crisis altered the patterns of enslavement, as well as the ethnicity of the slaves themselves. Mirzai's interdisciplinary analysis illuminates the complex issues surrounding the history of the slave trade and the process of emancipation in Iran, while also giving voice to social groups that have never been studied-enslaved Africans and Iranians. Her research builds a clear case that the trade in slaves was inexorably linked to the authority of the state. During periods of greater decentralization, slave trading increased, while periods of greater governmental autonomy saw more freedom and peace Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Slavery -- Iran -- History Slave trade -- Iran -- History Black people -- Iran -- History Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Iran -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. HISTORY / Middle East / Iran Black people Slave trade Slavery Enslaved persons -- Emancipation SUBJECT Iran -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067895 Subject Iran Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781477311875 1477311874 9781477311882 1477311882

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