slavery

URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/321

A practice

Names

  • Greek: ἀνδραπόδων = andrapodōn 1
  • Hebrew: עבדים = ʿBDYM 2
  • Syriac: ܥܒ̈ܕܐ = ʿBDʾ 3

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian3 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1slaves: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 3.16, 18 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Slaves: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 97 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 87 [Syriac].
    • esclaves: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 131, 133 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “slavery” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/321.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; matching, Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; and matching, Syriac name collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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