{"id":3956,"date":"2026-05-08T19:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=3956"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:44:51","slug":"the-forgotten-shackles-a-study-of-slavery-and-slave-trade-in-the-erstwhile-chitral-state","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=3956","title":{"rendered":"The Forgotten Shackles: A Study of Slavery and Slave Trade in the Erstwhile Chitral State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: <a href=\"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?author=2\"><strong>Fakhr-e-Alam<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published in the Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society (<a href=\"https:\/\/pu.edu.pk\/home\/journal\/40\/Current-Issue-.html\">JPUHS<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volume: 39, No. 01, January\u2013 June 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This paper is the first dedicated attempt to understand slavery and the slave trade in 19th-century Chitral, positioning it as a key hub in Central Asia\u2019s trans-regional slave networks. It shows how slavery was embedded in society and later institutionalized by the state for revenue. It also examines abolition pressures from British, Afghan, and Russian policies, alongside details of enslavement practices, pricing, and religious targeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/khowari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Forgotten-Shackles-A-Study-of-Slavery-and-Slave-Trade-in-Chitral-State-by-FakhreAlam-JPUHS-2026.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of &lt;strong&gt;A Study of Slavery and Slave Trade in Chitral State by FakhreAlam, JPUHS, 2026&lt;\/strong&gt;.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-20cad4cb-1212-4e83-ac6a-7cecdda3e88a\" href=\"https:\/\/khowari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Forgotten-Shackles-A-Study-of-Slavery-and-Slave-Trade-in-Chitral-State-by-FakhreAlam-JPUHS-2026.pdf\"><strong>A Study of Slavery and Slave Trade in Chitral State by FakhreAlam, JPUHS, 2026<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/khowari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Forgotten-Shackles-A-Study-of-Slavery-and-Slave-Trade-in-Chitral-State-by-FakhreAlam-JPUHS-2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-20cad4cb-1212-4e83-ac6a-7cecdda3e88a\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posted on 8 May 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Fakhr-e-Alam Published in the Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society (JPUHS) Volume: 39,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3956","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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