Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Slaves Sold Wholesale in Algiers Badestan

The music is Morisco music, found on Iberian Garden, Vol. 1 by Altramar. The piece is Muwashshah: Mā li-l-muwallah, 1113-1198.

This music takes place at the beautiful gardens along the Guadalquiver, near Cordoba. This is during the "convivencia" under Alfonso X (El Sabio - The Wise), the time before Granda fell: when Christians, Moslems and Jews lived at peace with each other. Muwashshah are songs in poetic form, with instrumental interludes in the form of Ibn Bājja (Avempace): 1470-1520. This is Morisco art.
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Slaves sold Wholesale by "délat" (auctioneer) at Algiers Badestan (Slave Market)

  1. Christian Male Slaves being inspected at Badestan
  2. Christian Female Slave being inspected at Badestan
  3. Slaves being auctioned for wholesale at Badestan

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