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Saqaliba

Saqaliba (Arabic: صقالبة, romanized: ṣaqāliba, singular Arabic: صقلبي, romanized: ṣaqlabī) is a term used in medieval Arabic sources to refer to Slavs, and other peoples of Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe. The term originates from the Medieval Greek slavos/sklavenos (Slav), which in Hispano-Arabic came to designate Slavic slaves.

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Etymology

Saqaliba slave trade

Saqaliba slave market by place

Saqalabid dynasties

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Saqaliba

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Saqaliba slave trade · 42
Saqaliba → About, After, Aldeigjuborg, Avar Khaganate, Baghdad, Byzantine Empire, Caspian Sea, Christian, Dnieper, Eastern Europe, European, From, Greeks, Islamic, Islamic Spain, It, Khazars, Ladoga, Lake Ladoga, Most Slavic
related to Aghlabids and Fatimids · 33
Saqaliba → Aghlabid, Aghlabids, Balkans, Baltics, East Europe, Europe, Fatimid, France, Franks, Germans, Germany, Ibrahim II, In, Italy, Jawdhar, Kairouan, Maghreb, Many, Most, Qa'id Jawhar
related to Etymology · 33
Saqaliba → Abu Zayd, According, Arabic, Arabs, Artania, Balkhi, Bulgaria, Christian, Due, Eastern European, Europe, European, Greek Sklavoi, Ibrahim, It, Kuyaba, Latin, Muslim, Persian, Portugal
related to Sources · 33
Saqaliba → Aghlabid, As-sakaliba, Bosworth, Brill, Budapest, Central European University, Ch, Columbia University Press, Dmitrij, Ibn Fadlan, In Gibb, Islam, Kramers, Leiden, Lewis, Lévi-Provençal, May, Mishin, New York, November
related to Central Asian route · 32
Saqaliba → Abbasid Caliphate, Arab, Baltic Eastern Europeans, Birka, Black Sea, Brännö, Central Asia, Christian Europeans, Dublin, Europe, European, Finnic, Hedeby, Iran, Islamic, Khazar Kaghanate, Khwarazm, Moorish Spain, Muslim, Muslims
related to Other slave trade routes · 29
Saqaliba → Baleares, Bari, Byzantine Emperor, Byzantine Empire, Byzantines, Christian Mediterranean, Comacchio, During, Emirate, France, Garigliano, Ifriqiya, Italians, Lombard Chronicler Erchempert, Maghreb, Middle, Monte Cassino, Muslim Middle East, Naples, North Africa
related to Rus and Bulgars · 21
Saqaliba → Almish, Apart, Baltic, Bulgars, Eastern Slavs, Fadlan, Finnic, Geographer Ibn Khordadbeh, He, King, Muslim, Rus, Saqāliba, Scandinavian, Slave, Slavic, Slavs, The Rus, Traveller Ibn Fadlan, Vikings
related to Usage · 17
Saqaliba → Artania, Balkhi, Bulgar, Bulgaria, Geographer Ibn Khordadbeh, It, King, Kuyaba, Polymath Abu Zayd, Saqāliba, Slavs, Slawiya, Traveller Ibn Fadlan, Traveller Ibrahim, Volga Bulgaria, Western Balkans, Yaqub

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slave slaves slavic trade al-andalus muslim century europe prague market eunuchs slavs european east used also raids central world christian

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Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsIn0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsAghlabid0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsSlavic0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsFranks0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsGermans0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsGermany0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsFrance0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsSpain0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsTanger0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsKairouan0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsItaly0.60section
Saqalibarelated to Aghlabids and FatimidsVenetian0.60section

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