[...]Ziba ="ppl">Khanum
she is re="trms">membered by her great-grand="trms">children as their earliest ="trms">ancestor
her descendants relate ="trms">different ="trms">stories of her o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigin as part of family lore
she was purchased in Zanzibar, others sug="trms">gest Mombasa (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> as commodities slaves were classified by country of o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigin='lgc'>: habashis were regarded as the most beautiful, intelligent, expensive slaves, followed by bambasis, then nubis and zanjis ='lgc'>[these term refere to the ports='lgc'>])

="trms">modern rationalization for Ziba's sexual ="trms">relationshipto Haji Muhammad ="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Alice,Shariati">Ali='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•Haji took her a concubine wuth the per="trms">mission of his wife
="lsts lst1">•because his wife was sick and could no longer serve him
="lsts lst1">•master married Ziba after his wife's death

there were no barriers (either legal, ="trms">religious, moral) to a master taking a slave as his concubine
both ='strcls'>*slavery='strcls'>* and ='strcls'>*concubinage='strcls'>* were recognize and regulated by islamic law (shari'a)

umm-walad ام ولد mother of the son ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> slave woman کنیز impregnated by her owner, thereby bearing a ="trms">child
='lgc'>--Lee='lgc'>-> slave woman might, under these circmustances, have a strong incentive to bear a ="trms">child by her master, in order to move toward the center of her master's household, to protect herself from sale, to free her ="trms">child and herself, and to in="trms">herit part of the master's wealth (through her offspring) ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- the sexual aspects of the ="trms">relationship were considered incidental ضمنی and carried no moral stigma or ="trms">social shame ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= ="trms">children born to slave fathers were slaves='lgc'>]

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gathering of men (were held regularly) as ="trms">social occasions for business, entertainment, smoke opium, etc.

clandestine conversations were not unusual

shari'a was ="trms">interpreted and administrated by shii clerics in Yazd, and there was always room for manipulation of the law


Ziba ="ppl">Khanum's ="trms">situation illustrates the problem of applying western legal ="trms">categories of “slave” and “free” to the lived experience of enslaved women in ="nms">iran
(her legal status as a free woman had little consequence ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- she remained dependent of the family and lived in their household)

='strcls'>***limited value of “slave ='lgc'>=/= free” ='lgc'>--Lee='lgc'>='lgc'>--> when applied to the study of muslim ="trms">world='strcls'>***
="trms">modern state ='lgc'>==> “slave ='lgc'>=/= free” (pre="trms">supposing a secular state that is able to guarantee the lives and properties of individuals who can claim its protection) ='lgc'>}='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ="trms">societies that are constructed around the ideas of='lgc'>:
="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rights, citizenship, secular state ='lgc'>=/=
   |            |           |
kinship, belonging, ="trms">religious ="trms">authority, hierarchies of dependence (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- middle east)

19th century ="nms">iran ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> there was no ideal within the ="trms">society of freedom from ="trms">relationships (of kinship, household, belonging, ="trms">community solidarity, wealthy patron)='lgc'>--with='lgc'>='lgc'>--> implications of dependence, obedience, ="trms">obligation
="lsts lst1">•any such freedom would have left an individual ='strcls'>*isolated='strcls'>* and ='strcls'>*vulnerable='strcls'>*

='strcls'>****
all enslaved persons (and akk other persons) in 19th century ="nms">iran necessarily were ='strcls'>*embedded in muslim households='strcls'>* and moved along a continuum of whatever ="trms">situation of power, respect, wealth, independence they might be able to ='strcls'>*negotiate='strcls'>*
='at'>#="nms">Cinderella
='strcls'>****

women ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> at the margins of wealth and power ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> slave women most especailly (they moved toward the center by='lgc'>:)
="lstsrd">1. performed valuable domestic duties
="lstsrd">2. became the master's regular sexual partner
="lstsrd">3. bore the master ="trms">child

the goal of most women (slave or not) om 19th century ="nms">iran ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to negotiate the most respected ="trms">position (within the family that they found themselves attached to) ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ='strcls'>**the defining factor was gender, rather than slavery='strcls'>**
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> for example Ziba ="ppl">Khanum's free life after the death of her master was determined by ='strcls'>*gender='strcls'>* more than her previous ='strcls'>*slave status='strcls'>* or by ='strcls'>*perceptions of race='strcls'>*


babi movement in 1844 ="nms">iran
baha'i teachings of detachment and resignation in the face of adversity
Ghulam ="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Alice,Shariati">Ali by the end of hi life was the lar="trms">gest landowner in the vity and extremely influential in politics and business affairs ='lgc'>[he had three kaniz='lgc'>: Fezzeh (silver), Zaffaron (saffron), Shireen (sweet)='lgc'>]


...complete disappearance of the african diaspora in ="nms">iran (!!='qstn'>?='qstn'>?)


Lee='lgc'>: how Ziba ="ppl">Khanum's life be re="trms">presented and understood='qstn'>?
Spivak forcefully and poignantly de="trms">monstrates the appropriation of subaltern voice of the british imperia="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list “civilizing ="trms">mission” by indian nationa="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">lists and marxist theorists in support of revolutionary ideologies ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the absent and silent subaltern can be re="trms">presented in support of any ="trms">position at all
Spivak sug="trms">gests that a ="trms">history of subaltern people (individual or conceived as a class) cannot be ="trms">written at all ='lgc'>+ should not be attempted
='lgc'>='lgc'>~/=
Eve Troutt Powell ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*the d="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">anger of applying american abolitionist ="trms">narratives and assumptions of atlantic slavery to very ="trms">different ="trms">situations in islamic realms='strcls'>*

(Lee making Spikvak's ="trms">question ="trms">specific ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) can Ziba ="ppl">Khanum ever speak='qstn'>? Lee's answer is no
we have no access to her thoughts or her inner life ='lgc'>--but='lgc'>='lgc'>--> that does not mean her life is without meaning or value to ="trms">history
='strcls'>*we must ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listen for the african voice in ="nms">iran even when it cannot be heard='strcls'>*

siah siyah سیاه='lgc'>: afro-="nms">iranian ="trms">children (descendants of african woman slaves served as domestic servants and concubines) who remained in ="nms">iran, married local people, and could live normal lives as ="nms">iranians (although they might be identified as black)
='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>*some percentage of the ="nms">iranian population is of african descent (especially among the wealthy clases who could afford slaves) ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- this ="trms">heritage has never hardened into a clear ratial ="trms">category within the ="trms">society='strcls'>*

we must regard them as actors ='strcls'>*even when we cannot see their choices='strcls'>*

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="trms">childhood Elias chap1

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">childhood='lgc'>: idealized romantic construct, with denied legal ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rights, reflection of adults about themselves='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•nostalgia for an individual and collective ="trms">past
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>=/= ="trms">children vacillate between innocence ='and'>& awareness, morality ='and'>& immorality, cruelty ='and'>& kindness, foolishness ='and'>& wisdom, , , ='strcls'>**="trms">children act as sophisticated ="trms">consumers='strcls'>**
='lgc'>--Elias='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>***="trms">children make emotional, political, ="trms">consumerist choices='strcls'>***

how adults construct ="trms">childhood ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>***="trms">aesthetic ="trms">social ="trms">imagination='strcls'>***

how adults ="trms">imagine ="trms">children (in idealized forms ='lgc'>==> evocation of emotions) ='lgc'>==> give meaning to (individual and) collective realities

="trms">childhood ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> worry ='lgc'>+ ="trms">obligation ='lgc'>=/= adulthood ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ease ='lgc'>+ freedom

(my ="trms">childhood is sometimes re="trms">membered by me so ="trms">different than of my friends ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> makes the universal media objects ="trms">specifically precious='lgc'>: cartoons that were watched by us across border and time ='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="frds">Sina's ="trms">Children's Media Watch ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">List ="trms">childrensmedia.net)

="trms">imagine ="trms">children ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•="trms">nature of emotions
="lsts lst1">•="trms">relationship to ="trms">religion
="lsts lst1">•="trms">relationship to ="trms">society
="lsts lst2">◦="trms">articulation of attitude towards ="trms">society
="lsts lst1">•constructing concept of='lgc'>:
="lsts lst2">◦individual
="lsts lst2">◦="trms">community
="lsts lst2">◦nation
="lsts lst2">◦gender
="lsts lst2">◦age

Elias's notion of emotion ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a broad ="trms">category to index concepts of morally, ethics, politics, aspirational acts,

(everything depends on the ways we re="trms">member our ='lgc'>[emotional experience of='lgc'>] ="trms">childhood)

="large lg3" stl="font-size:110%"> (="trms">memory='lgc'> = salad of) fragments of ="trms">memory ='lgc'>+ emotions from our experience ='lgc'>+ emotions experienced by others ='lgc'>+ what we have been told by others about our ="trms">childhood


common theory ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> age between two and eleven ="trms">children are most sensitive to external factors ='lgc'>==> most vulnerable to advertising

='strcls'>*age seven='strcls'>*
="trms">children are increasingly controlled by ="trms">symbolic ="trms">relationships and images (='lgc'>+ make judgment about things)

="large lg4" stl="font-size:111%"> ='strcls'>*under five='strcls'>*
='lgc'>{human characters ='lgc'>~='qstn'>?/= animated characters='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> belief in ="trms">imaginary characters and ="trms">monsters, management of emotions

='strcls'>*age two='strcls'>*
(end of) two ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">children begin pretending (until age of five)

='strcls'>*over four='strcls'>*
idio="trms">syncratic ="trms">system of thinking about ="trms">causality (extraordinary plays larger role than adults)


create and identify emotions in visual images

="large lg5" stl="font-size:141%"> fantasizing ='lgc'>=/= fantastical thinking

(for ="trms">children) wishing='lgc'> = mental ='lgc'>+ magical ='lgc'>+ it exists in relatio to ="trms">skill ='lgc'>[='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="nms">Cinderella, waiting='lgc'>]


Elias's study of ="trms">children images (visual ="trms">material featuring ="trms">children) in Persianate cultures (turkey, pakistan, ="nms">iran) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (role of) ='strcls'>***="trms">childhood/="trms">children='lgc'> = location of enacted emot[...]