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Discuss evidence on slavery provided by Ibn Batuta with special reference to female slaves.

  • UPSC 2018
  • Society, Culture and Economy in the 13th and 14th Centuries

Slavery in the Delhi Sultanate is usually reconstructed from Persian court chronicles that record numbers and administrative departments but say little about its lived texture.

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  • An Eyewitness Who Was Also a Participant
  • Scale and Machinery of the Institution
  • Categories and Roles of Female Slaves
  • Slaves as Currency of Patronage and Diplomacy
  • Reading the Evidence Critically

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