Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c15.16

c15.16

There were elaborate rules in this regard so as to avoid contentious sales.⁴⁰ For example if a number of slaves were sold out of a big group, those to be taken out were determined by odd or even numbers of the slaves possessed by the seller master.⁴¹ A deception with respect to the sex of the slave invalidates the sale which stands cancelled (*akala*).⁴²