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Slavery in India

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Mamluk
Mamluk or Mamaluk (; (singular), , mamālīk (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Mongol, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, and freed slaves who were assigned high-ranking military and administrative duties in the Muslim world. They were purchased as military slaves, converted to Islam, and trained in martial and courtly skills. Upon completion of their training they were manumitted but remained part of the ruling military caste, forming elite regiments and, in some periods
Kailash Satyarthi
Indian Social Worker
Dasa
Dasai is a Sanskrit word found in ancient Indian texts such as the Rigveda, Pali canon, and the Arthashastra., The Sanskrit term Dasa (or Das) generally translates to "servant," "devotee," or "votary," often indicating a person engaged in selfless service or a "slave of God" in spiritual contexts. It is primarily used in religious and cultural contexts to signify humility, servitude, and devotion.
al-Fatawa al-Alamgiriyya
Islamic edict book
Tebhaga movement
Tebhaga movement of framers
Indian Ocean slave trade
Overview of the topic
slavery in India
history of slavery in India
Indian indenture system
system of indentured servitude, functioning as a substitute for slave labour, following the abolition of the slave trade in 1833 and continued until the 1920s
Faces of Freedom
exhibition of photos taken in South Asia
Indian feudalism
India's social structure prior to the 1500s
Sumangali
form of child labour