Search in Sources of Supply Ghulām and Kanīz in Qājār era

Subject Areas : The Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation

غلام حسین زرگری نژاد ¹ (ندارد)
نرگس علیپور ² (ندارد)

Received: 2011-01-05 Accepted : 2011-05-06 Published : 2011-08-23

Keywords: slave (ghulām &amp, Kanīz), Qājār, Persian Gulf, Caucasus,

Abstract :

In Qājār era, slaves (ghulāmān and kanīzān) were from various ethnicgroups such as African, Caucasian(Armanian, Georgian andCircassian) , Turkman, Afghan, Baluch, Kurd and even Fars.slavery through wars and sudden invasions usually has been themain source of ghulām and Kanīz providence spacialy among Torksand the infidels in Caucasus and beyond.With removing Iran’ssovereignty in Caucasus by the Russians, the import of this group ofslaves to Iran decreased severely. instead, import of African slavethrough south of Iran,very increased.This process in spite of slavetrade prohibition treaties and the heavy hand of the British maritimeanti-slave patrols in Persian Gulf, continued until the middle of the14th century. This paper after denotes the centers and sources ofsupply slaves, has been analyzed and descripted this process inmentioned places