Umm al-walad

{{short description|Arabic term for a slave-concubine that mothers a master’s child}}

{{short description|Arabic term for a slave-concubine that mothers a master’s child}}

{{For|town in Syria|Umm Walad}}

{{For|town in Syria|Umm Walad}}

[[File:Khourrem.jpg|thumb|right|[[Roxelana]], a victim of the [[Crimean slave trade]], became an ”umm al-walad” when giving birth to a child acknowledged by her enslaver, sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent]].]]

[[File:|thumb|right|[[Roxelana]], a victim of the [[Crimean slave trade]], became an ”umm al-walad” when giving birth to a child acknowledged by her enslaver, sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent]].]]

In the [[Islamic world]], the title of ””’umm al-walad””’ ({{langx|ar|أم الولد||lit=mother of the child}}) was given to a [[Concubinage in Islam|slave-concubine]] who had given birth to a child acknowledged by her master as his.{{sfn|Gordon|Hain|2017|p=301}} These women were regarded as property and could be sold by their owners, a practice that was permitted at the time under regulations from Prophet [[Muhammad]].{{sfn|Gordon|Hain|2017|pp=312, 314}}{{sfn|Eltis et al.|2021|p=199}}

In the [[Islamic world]], the title of ””’umm al-walad””’ ({{langx|ar|أم الولد||lit=mother of the child}}) was given to a [[Concubinage in Islam|slave-concubine]] who had given birth to a child acknowledged by her master as his.{{sfn|Gordon|Hain|2017|p=301}} These women were regarded as property and could be sold by their owners, a practice that was permitted at the time under regulations from Prophet [[Muhammad]].{{sfn|Gordon|Hain|2017|pp=312, 314}}{{sfn|Eltis et al.|2021|p=199}}