Slavery and abolition in the Ottoman Middle East
By: Ehud R. Toledano.
Series: Publications on the Near East; Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Slavery -- Middle East -- History.; Slave-trade -- Middle East -- History.; Slavery and Islam -- History.; Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Other titles: Slavery and abolition
Description: In the Ottoman Empire, many members of the ruling elite were legally slaves of the sultan and therefore could, technically, be ordered to surrender their labor, their property, or their lives at any moment. Nevertheless, slavery provided a means of social mobility, conferring status and political power within the military, the bureaucracy, or the domestic household and formed an essential part of patronage networks. Ehud R.

Toledano's exploration of slavery from the Ottoman viewpoint is based on extensive research in British, French, and Turkish archives and offers rich, original, and important insights into Ottoman life and thought.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-177) and index.