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Aurangzeb's Fatwa on Slavery: Islamic Law and Mughal Captives
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Aurangzeb's controversial fatwa on slavery, issued in 1668 as part of his Fatawa-e-Alamgiri. They discuss how the Mughal emperor sought to regulate the capture, sale, and treatment of slaves under Hanafi jurisprudence, distinguishing between 'kafir' and Muslim captives. The conversation covers the fatwa's provisions on the enslavement of rebels, its impact on the Deccan campaigns, and its contradictory legacy: while aiming to curb abuses, it legalized the enslavement of war captives and deepened the empire's reliance on slave…
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