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Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti and his Islamic critique of racial slavery in the Maghrib.

This essay examines the life of Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556–1627) and his efforts to end racial slavery and to persuade Maghribi scholars to accept the Islamic status of self-professed Muslims in West Africa. Towards this end, Ahmad Baba wrote a legal treatise that criticised the association of ‘Bl...

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Published in:Journal of North African Studies Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 42 - 65
Main Author: Cleaveland, Timothy
Format: Essay
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2015
Subjects:
Al-Timbukti, Ahmad Baba
History of enslaved persons
History of slavery
History
Muslim scholars
Berbers
Seventeenth century
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