Jawari

Jawari

Slave women from Arabic society

A Jawari is precisely defined as a slave woman in Arabic society. The rights and rules around being a slave woman changed with different eras in Arabic history, such as under the Umayyad period or under the Abbasid culture. Slaves with higher talents than others such as singers, dancers, or writers/poets would often be selected for higher levels of slavery, such as under more wealthy owners and even Caliphs.

Pernilla Myrne

Myrne, Pernilla. Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History, (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Oxford University Press

Arabic

Glossary Term