Minor nit-pick, would you mind tweaking the sentence on "the capture of the Sultan’s nephew, Alī b. ‘Umar [Medicon], who was ultimately sold in Tripoli.." to maybe something like "the capture of [Medicon], the nephew of Sultan Alī b. ‘Umar, who was ultimately sold in Tripoli", since it is phrased in a way that people could think Alī b. ‘Umar was the same person as Medicon who was ultimately sold in Tripoli?
Excellent article , sometime ago I read somewhere I forgot where, that one of the Kings of Kenam enslaved a group of Arabs who had just crossed over into his lands, and doubted they were legitimately Muslim, do you have anything on that.
I'm not sure, there are multiple references to Bornu kings and other Sudanic rulers subjugating arabs and demanding tribute from them, although i don't know if there's a specific reference to enslaving them. see: Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements
Minor nit-pick, would you mind tweaking the sentence on "the capture of the Sultan’s nephew, Alī b. ‘Umar [Medicon], who was ultimately sold in Tripoli.." to maybe something like "the capture of [Medicon], the nephew of Sultan Alī b. ‘Umar, who was ultimately sold in Tripoli", since it is phrased in a way that people could think Alī b. ‘Umar was the same person as Medicon who was ultimately sold in Tripoli?
This was a really good and thorough article, thank you for writing it
thank you
Excellent article , sometime ago I read somewhere I forgot where, that one of the Kings of Kenam enslaved a group of Arabs who had just crossed over into his lands, and doubted they were legitimately Muslim, do you have anything on that.
I'm not sure, there are multiple references to Bornu kings and other Sudanic rulers subjugating arabs and demanding tribute from them, although i don't know if there's a specific reference to enslaving them. see: Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements
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