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Slave Abd Term Common Arabic Meant Combination Allah

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Back This was a common Arabic term that meant slave and was used in combination with another name such as Abd Allah, which means a slave of God. Later on the term was used to mean a black slave while the white slaves were given the name mamluk .

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