Captives and Companions Classical music united by a passion for

united by a passion for plants

and different from anything the world had experienced before

quick-witted and unfailingly obliging: their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water

Author(s): Roszkowski

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Captives and Companions Classical music united by a passion forSlavery in the Islamic world has a long, diverse and controversial history. Captives and Companions is a brilliant synthesis of history and contemporary reportage that brings to life the voices of the enslaved in stories of eighth century concubines and ninth century revolts, thirteenth century slave soldiers who established dynastic rule over Egypt, Syria, and Iraq, eighteenth century corsairs and twentieth century pearl divers in the Gulf. It also