SettingsSlaves of the Muslim world
Abu Fuhayra
Abu Fuhayra (عامر بن فهيرة) was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr and was a sahaba (companion) of Mohammed.
Abu Fuhayra (عامر بن فهيرة) was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr and was a sahaba (companion) of Mohammed.
Al-Khayzuran
Al-Khayzuran bint Atta (الخيزران بنت عطاء) (died 789) was the wife of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mahdi and mother of both Caliphs Al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid, the most famous of the Abbasids.
Al-Khayzuran bint Atta (الخيزران بنت عطاء) (died 789) was the wife of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mahdi and mother of both Caliphs Al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid, the most famous of the Abbasids.
Al-Khazini
Abu al-Fath Abd al-Rahman Mansour al-Khāzini or simply Abu al-Fath Khāzini (ابولفتح خازنی) (flourished 1115–1130) was a Muslim astronomer of Greek ethnicity from Merv, then in the Kh...
Abu al-Fath Abd al-Rahman Mansour al-Khāzini or simply Abu al-Fath Khāzini (ابولفتح خازنی) (flourished 1115–1130) was a Muslim astronomer of Greek ethnicity from Merv, then in the Kh...
Al-Nahdiah
Al-Nahdiah was a female Sahaba (companion of Muhammad).
Al-Nahdiah was a female Sahaba (companion of Muhammad).
Ammaar Bin Yassir Al-Ansi
ʻAmmār ibn Yāsir Al-Ansi (Arabic: عمار بن یاسرالعنسي) is one of the companions of the Islamic prophet (Sahaba).
ʻAmmār ibn Yāsir Al-Ansi (Arabic: عمار بن یاسرالعنسي) is one of the companions of the Islamic prophet (Sahaba).
Ammar ibn Yasir
ʻAmmār ibn Yāsir b. ʿĀmir b. Mālik Abū l-Yaqẓān was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
ʻAmmār ibn Yāsir b. ʿĀmir b. Mālik Abū l-Yaqẓān was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Anushtigin Gharchai
Anūš Tigin Ghrachaī (نوشتکین غرچه - Nūštekīn Gharcha) (d.
Anūš Tigin Ghrachaī (نوشتکین غرچه - Nūštekīn Gharcha) (d.
Francis Bok
Francis Piol Bol Bok (born February 1979), a Dinka tribesman and native of South Sudan, was a slave for ten years but is now an abolitionist and author living in the United States.
Francis Piol Bol Bok (born February 1979), a Dinka tribesman and native of South Sudan, was a slave for ten years but is now an abolitionist and author living in the United States.
Harithah bint al-Muammil
Harithah bint Al-Muammil was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr.
Harithah bint Al-Muammil was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr.
Hürrem
Hürrem or Karima, born Alexandra Anastasia Lisovska, known to Europeans informally as simply Roxolana (c.
Hürrem or Karima, born Alexandra Anastasia Lisovska, known to Europeans informally as simply Roxolana (c.
Isabel de Solís
Isabel de Solís, was the slave concubine and later the consort of Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada.
Isabel de Solís, was the slave concubine and later the consort of Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada.
Josephine Bakhita
Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Roman Catholic Canossian nun in Italy, living and working there for 45 years.
Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Roman Catholic Canossian nun in Italy, living and working there for 45 years.
Khawand Toghay
Khawand Toghay started as a slave of Al-Nasir Mohammad Ibn Qala'un.
Khawand Toghay started as a slave of Al-Nasir Mohammad Ibn Qala'un.
Lubaynah
Lubaynah was a sahābia of Muhammad and among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr.
Lubaynah was a sahābia of Muhammad and among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr.
Mamluk
A Mamluk, "owned"; also transliterated mamlouk, Turkish: Memlük, also called Kölemen;, mamluq, mamluke, mameluk, mameluke, mamaluke or marmeluke was a s...
A Mamluk, "owned"; also transliterated mamlouk, Turkish: Memlük, also called Kölemen;, mamluq, mamluke, mameluk, mameluke, mamaluke or marmeluke was a s...
Maria al-Qibtiyya
Maria al-Qibtiyya, or Maria the Copt, was an Egyptian Coptic Christian slave who was sent as a gift from Muqawqis, a Byzantine official, to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 628.
Maria al-Qibtiyya, or Maria the Copt, was an Egyptian Coptic Christian slave who was sent as a gift from Muqawqis, a Byzantine official, to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 628.
Masoud (slave)
According to legend, Masoud was an infamous slave belonging to the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
According to legend, Masoud was an infamous slave belonging to the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
Murad Bey
Murad Bey was an Egyptian Mamluk chieftain, cavalry commander and joint ruler of Egypt with Ibrahim Bey.
Murad Bey was an Egyptian Mamluk chieftain, cavalry commander and joint ruler of Egypt with Ibrahim Bey.
Narjis
Narjis was the mother of Muhammad al-Mahdi the twelfth and last Imam of Shi'a Islam and the grand-daughter of Bardas.
Narjis was the mother of Muhammad al-Mahdi the twelfth and last Imam of Shi'a Islam and the grand-daughter of Bardas.
Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Qutb-ud-din AibakQutb-ud-din Aibak was a Turkic king of Northwest India who ruled from his capital in Delhi where he built the Qutub Minar and the Quwwat Al Islam mosque.
Qutb-ud-din AibakQutb-ud-din Aibak was a Turkic king of Northwest India who ruled from his capital in Delhi where he built the Qutub Minar and the Quwwat Al Islam mosque.
Roxelana
Haseki Hürrem Sultan, Her Imperial Highness, Imperial Empress of the Ottoman Empire was the wife of Süleyman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire.
Haseki Hürrem Sultan, Her Imperial Highness, Imperial Empress of the Ottoman Empire was the wife of Süleyman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire.
Salim Mawla Abu-Hudhayfah
Salim Mawla Abu-Hudhayfah (سالم مولى أبي حذيفة) was a sahaba of Muhammad.
Salim Mawla Abu-Hudhayfah (سالم مولى أبي حذيفة) was a sahaba of Muhammad.
Saqaliba
Saqaliba (Arabic: صقالبة, sg. Siqlabi) refers to the Slavs, particularly Slavic slaves and mercenaries in the medieval Arab world, in the Middle East, North Africa, Sicily and Al-Andalus.
Saqaliba (Arabic: صقالبة, sg. Siqlabi) refers to the Slavs, particularly Slavic slaves and mercenaries in the medieval Arab world, in the Middle East, North Africa, Sicily and Al-Andalus.
Shajar al-Durr
Shajar al-Durr (Arabic: شجر الدر, "Tree of Pearls") (Royal name: al-Malikah Ismat ad-Din Umm-Khalil Shajar al-Durr (Arabic: الملكة عصمة الدين أم خليل شجر الدر) (nicknamed: أم خليل, Umm ...
Shajar al-Durr (Arabic: شجر الدر, "Tree of Pearls") (Royal name: al-Malikah Ismat ad-Din Umm-Khalil Shajar al-Durr (Arabic: الملكة عصمة الدين أم خليل شجر الدر) (nicknamed: أم خليل, Umm ...
Sirin (Islamic history)
Sîrîn bint Sham'ûn was an Egyptian Coptic Christian who became one of Muhammad's slaves.
Sîrîn bint Sham'ûn was an Egyptian Coptic Christian who became one of Muhammad's slaves.
Sumayyah bint Khayyat
Sumayyah bint Khayyat is known in the Islamic traditions as one of the first persons in history to be murdered for having been adopted the faith and ideology of Islam, in pre-Hijra Mecca.
Sumayyah bint Khayyat is known in the Islamic traditions as one of the first persons in history to be murdered for having been adopted the faith and ideology of Islam, in pre-Hijra Mecca.
Umm Ubays
Umm Umais (أم أبيس), Umm Ubais or Umm Ubays was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr.
Umm Umais (أم أبيس), Umm Ubais or Umm Ubays was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr.
Yaqut al-Hamawi
Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi was an Islamic biographer and geographer renowned for his encyclopedic writings on the Muslim world.
Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi was an Islamic biographer and geographer renowned for his encyclopedic writings on the Muslim world.