SLAVERY RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION IN ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS OF THE XIVA KHANATE

Abstract

This article analyzes the archival documents on the issue of slavery in the Khiva khanate (in the Manuscripts Fund of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, the National State Archives of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the Khiva Ichon-Kala Museum-Reserve, as well as the Orenburg Region State Archives of the Russian Federation). The question of the relationship that has been studied. The documents mainly covered the sale of slaves and the release of slaves. The customs of gifting slaves and maids in the Khiva khanate and the documents on the gift of slaves were also studied, on the basis of which the issue of the role of Islam in the social and spiritual life of the Khiva khanate was analyzed. One of the measures to free slaves and maids from slavery in the Khiva khanate was to get free for money, and this issue is also reflected in some archival documents. Based on the study of documents from the Orenburg Regional State Historical Archive on the liberation of Russian slaves, the level of political relations between the Khiva Khanate and Russia, as well as the measures taken by the Russian government to free slaves were also discussed.

In general, this article tries to reveal the existing documents on slavery kept in the archives, not only the role of slavery in the social life of the Khiva khanate but also the political and economic relations of the khanate with Russia.