Unfree Lives: Slaves at the Najahid and Rasulid courts of Yemen (11th to 15th centuries CE)

By Magdalena Moorthy Kloss

This first detailed study of slavery in medieval Yemen examines the lives of women and men who were enslaved as children and then placed in various subaltern positions - from domestic servant to royal concubine, from quarryman to army commander.

Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2024.