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Miraj al-Suud ila nayl Majlub al-Sudan (Ahmad Baba answers a Morrocan's questions about slavery)
ALTERNATE TITLE(S)
The Law of Slavery
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Ahmad Baba ibn Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad Aqit al-Tumbukti
NOTES
The author discusses slavery as it existed in West Africa during the seventeenth century. The examination of the subject is based on Islamic law and the author notes that the fundamental and original nature of humanity is that individuals are free. They may be enslaved only under certain very specific conditions governed by Islamic law.
SUBJECT
Timbuktu manuscripts
Arabic manuscripts
Islamic manuscripts
Arabic script
Arabic calligraphy
Slavery
LANGUAGE
Arabic
REPOSITORY
Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library
DIGITAL ID
aftmh tam006
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/aftmh.tam006
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