Jarya
Term for a female slave in the medieval Islamic world / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jarya or jariya (SING; Arabic: جارية), also jawari (PLUR), was a term often used for female slaves in the medieval Islamic world.[2] In a courtly context, they could be "slaves for pleasure" (muṭʿa, ladhdha) or “slaves for sexual intercourse” (jawārī al-waṭ),[citation needed] who had received special training in artistic skills.[citation needed] In contrast to the Qiyan, however, they normally did not perform for men other than the man in whose harem they were placed.