Eunuchs at the Service of Yemen’s Rasūlid Dynasty (626‒858/1229‒1454)
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Abstract The significant roles played by eunuchs (castrated slaves) in Rasūlid Yemen have thus far escaped scholarly scrutiny. A systematic study of the historiographic and biographical writings ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Khazrajī, chronicler court at turn 9th/15th century, reveals that figured prominently both highest ranks dynasty’s political, administrative, military hierarchy, as well most intimate realms royal households. author, however, remains silent on origins these men capture, castration, deracination they suffered young boys. In order to reconstruct slave trading practices supplied Rasūlids with eunuchs, a late 7th/13th-century collection administrative documents known Nūr al-maʿārif shall be drawn upon. This source names an African export hub from which slaves were shipped across Red Sea Yemen, lists prices taxes paid for actively interfered Yemeni trade secure desirable themselves. Taken together, narrative sources shed light eunuch institution its role sustaining dynasty.
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عنوان ژورنال: Der Islam
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1613-0928', '0021-1818']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2021-0002