[Oman-L] Oman-L Digest, Vol 27, Issue 5

Mon Mar 26 07:57:03 UTC 2007

Dear Suzan

  here's Ibrahim Al-Siyabi , Omani from the capital Muscat, Off course
Ex-slaves are not few here and can say  some are in their first generation,
' Abed" word is very sensitive but the society itself classify them and put
them into groups


1) Black (majority E-Slaves)

2) White slaves, called "Beiasra"

3) White but treated as slaves called "Zet"


I don't remember the title of the book which covers allot of these issues ,
it is in Arabic and forbidden in Oman written by AbdulHameed Al Jaamaei


Cheers


On 3/24/07, oman-l-request at oman.org <oman-l-request at oman.org> wrote:
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>   1. Re: Research on 20th century slavery in Oman (sbd tuni)
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> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:24:10 +0000
> From: "sbd tuni" <sbdtuni at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Oman-L] Research on 20th century slavery in Oman
> To: oman-l at oman.org
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> Dear Susan,
> I have been living in Oman for a relatively long time and  I am getting
> more
> and more fascinated by this country and its history.
> As I was reading your reply to Olga, the idea of 'Zut' (can be translated
> as
> 'serf', but not  the equivalent of it) and 'abd' (slave) puzzled me and I
> wanted to know more about the former. I know it is a quite delicate issue,
> but it is worth studying.  It was a form of social unjustice but it is
> likely to become a source on interest in the future due to the
> modifications
> in the social structure.
> I was in Salalah last week and I was told that there is still a
> souq/market
> where the Zut and abeed used to (or still do) sell their things.
> Unfortunately, I didn'thave much time to know more about it.
> I will be glad if you could inform me on the historicity of the issue and
> teh social status of these groups as well as their future situation.
> Kind regards
> Sami
>
>
> >From: "Susan Al Shahri" <susan_alshahri at hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: "News and questions about Oman (Sultanate of
> >Oman)"<oman-l at oman.org>
> >To: oman-l at oman.org
> >CC: iris_earth at hotmail.com
> >Subject: Re: [Oman-L] Research on 20th century slavery in Oman
> >Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:12:37 +0400
> >
> >
> >Dear Olga,
> >
> >I am an Omani  living in Salalah, the capital town of Dhofar, in the
> South
> >of Oman. I can generally estimate that over 10% of the population of this
> >town are ex-slaves or descendents of slaves. In fact (and sadly), many
> >people still call any dark person an 'Abd' (which translates into Slave).
> >They are still looked down upon by a large percentage of people.Thingsare
> >slowly changing, but still the influence of slavery is still very strong.
> I
> >do not know much about the history of slavery but if you're looking at
> >their 'current' situation, I'd be glad to answer any questions you may
> >have. It is a very touchy and delicate subject, and having done a lot of
> >'delicate social research' in Salalah,  I will try my best to answer your
> >questions.
> >
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Susan Al Shahri
> >>From: Olga Andriyanova <misr_olga at yahoo.co.uk>
> >>Reply-To: "News and questions about Oman (Sultanate of
> >>Oman)"<oman-l at oman.org>
> >>To: OMAN MAILING LIST <oman-l at oman.org>
> >>Subject: [Oman-L] Research on 20th century slavery in Oman
> >>Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:31:09 +0000 (GMT)
> >>
> >>Dear all,
> >>
> >>Being a PhD student, I?m actually preparing a
> >>presentation on the subject of slavery and slave trade
> >>in Oman during the 18th and 19th centuries. It?s far
> >>from being the principle subject of my research, but I
> >>consented to do it. The subject will be presented
> >>during the seminar on slave trades and slavery in East
> >>Africa at the University of Paris-I.
> >>I suppose many questions will be asked especially on
> >>slavery in the 20th century and notably on the
> >>destinies and careers of ex-slaves and their
> >>descendants.
> >>I understand that the question is quite delicate and
> >>is not easy to broach.
> >>As I haven?t yet been to Oman in person (the trip is
> >>planned this year), I find myself in quite a difficult
> >>situation. The only information on the 20th century
> >>slaves I have comes from travel stories, some segments
> >>of British archives and a couple of sociological
> >>studies like those by U. Wikan and F. Barth on Sohar.
> >>The major part of the scarce data I have refers to the
> >>period before 1970.
> >>I would be grateful to get any information on
> >>ex-slaves, their descendants, their integration in the
> >>society, their actual status as well as on any other
> >>forms of dependency in Oman during the second part of
> >>the 20th century. Or if you know any articles
> >>published on the subject.
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>
> >>Olga Andriyanova
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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-- 
Ibrahim Al-siyabi
Asst.Lecturer
HCT
P.O.Box 145
PC. 613
Sultanate of Oman
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