Editing Slave rebellion (section)

==Asia==
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The [[Zanj Rebellion]] against the [[slavery in the Abbasid Caliphate]] was the culmination of a series of small revolts. It took place near the city of [[Basra]], in southern Iraq over fifteen years (869−883 AD). It grew to involve over 500,100 slaves, who were imported from across the Muslim empire.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

The [[Mamluk Sultanate]] reigned for centuries out of a slave rebellion{{dubious|date=November 2022}} in Egypt.  It gave birth to both the [[Bahri dynasty]] and [[Burji dynasty]] and their countless artistic and scientific achievements.  Among many accomplishments, the Mamluks were responsible for turning back the [[Mongol]] conquest.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

When the Russian general [[Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann]] and his army approached the city of Khiva during the [[Khivan campaign of 1873]], the Khan [[Muhammad Rahim Khan II of Khiva]] fled to hide among the Yomuts, and the slaves in Khiva rebelled, informed about the imminent downfall of the city, resulting in the [[Khivan slave uprising]].<ref>Eden, J. (2018). ''Slavery and Empire in Central Asia''. Storbritannien: Cambridge University Press. pp. 187–189</ref>
When Kaufmann's Russian army entered Khiva on 28 March, he was approached by Khivans who begged him to put down the ongoing slave uprising, during which slaves avenged themselves on their former enslavers.<ref>Eden, J. (2018). Slavery and Empire in Central Asia. Storbritannien: Cambridge University Press. pp. 187–189</ref>
When the Khan returned to his capital after the Russian conquest, the Russian General Kaufmann presented him with a demand to abolish the [[Khivan slave trade]] and slavery, which he did.<ref>Eden, J. (2018). Slavery and Empire in Central Asia. Storbritannien: Cambridge University Press. pp. 187–189</ref>