About the Book: In Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World, historian Justin Marozzi reveals how slavery in the Islamic world spanned fifteen centuries—far longer and less known than the Atlantic trade. From 7th-century war captives and eunuchs guarding sacred spaces, to African raids and the Ottoman janissaries, and even modern hereditary slavery, this sweeping narrative traces legacies from Baghdad to Timbuktu and Istanbul to the Black Sea
