UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2018 · Q5(b) · 10 marks
Discuss evidence on slavery provided by Ibn Batuta with special reference to female slaves.
- Chapter
- Society, Culture and Economy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
- Topic
- Society: Women, Slavery and Education
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