ETHNIC DIMENSIONS OF SLAVERY IN THE KHANATE OF KHIVA: A REASSESSMENT OF ORIGINS, SOCIAL STATUS AND EMANCIPATION (EIGHTEENTHâNINETEENTH CENTURIES)
Xoliqberdiev Mirzabek Poâlatjon oâgâli
Objective: This article reassesses how ethnicity, religious affiliation, skill and gender intersected to produce a stratified slave society in Khwarezm. Method: Drawing on a triangulation of three principal source-bodies â Khwarazmian court chroni...