Slavery in al-Andalus
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Slavery in al-Andalus was a practice throughout Al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula between the 8th century and the 15th century. This includes the periods of the Emirate of Córdoba, the Caliphate of
The Radhanite trade routes.
Madinat al-Zahra.
Slavic and Black slaves in Córdoba; illustration from the Cantigas de Santa Maria
Radhanite
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The Radhanites or Radanites were early medieval Jewish merchants, active in the trade between Christendom and the Muslim world during roughly the 8th to the 10th centuries. Many trade routes previousl
Slavery in al-Andalus
…the slave traders acquiring the slaves in Prague and transporting them to the slave market of al-Andalus are said to have been dominated by the Jewish Radhanite merchants. How dominating the Jewish merchants were is unknown, but Jewish slave traders did have an advantage toward their non-Jewish colleagues…
A caravan of dromedaries in Algeria. Much of the Radhanites' overland trade between Tangier and Mesopotamia was by camel.
Much of the Radhanites' Indian Ocean trade was via coastal cargo ships such as this dhow.