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Courtesy the tip from the Internet web site of Daniel Pipes and his article.

"Louvre Museum: Gabriel Martinez-Gros discusses military slavery"

MILITARY SLAVERY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD.

Military slavery a concept and practice particularly unique to the Islamic world?

Gabriel Martinez-Gros born in French Algeria and considered to be an authority on the Islamic world of al-Andalus [the Iberian peninsula].

Military slaves as preferred from among the people of the Caucasus mountains. Chechens, Circassians, etc.

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