Records of Freedom in XVII Century Cyprus: Emancipation Documents
Journal Title: Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi - Year 2017, Vol 58, Issue 2
Abstract
The religion of Islam did not directly abolish the institution of slavery but brought some arrangements which enable its suppression gradually. Such kind of arragements include freeing slaves as an expiation of certain grave sins and promising the emancipator wit etheral rewards. Throughout the history, Muslims have acted with regard to these regulations and have given importance to emancipation of slaves. ʿItqnāmas (emancipation documents) found in the qadi registers of the 17th century Ottoman Cyprus constitute legal records of some good examples of this practice. In fact, though it was not legally obligatory, the emancipation processes were recorded before the court in order to protect the interest of slaves and the documents were prepared for use in case of need. In this article, the manumission of slaves that took place in 17th century Cyprus have been examined with reference to the nineteen surviving emancipation documents in qadi registers
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Ümit Güler
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