Interracial marriage between Arab men and their non-Arab harem slave girls was common in the Arab world during the Arab slave trade, which lasted throughout the Middle Ages and early modern period.[45] Most of these slaves came from places such as Sub-Saharan Africa (mainly Zanj) the North Caucasus,[46] Central Asia (mainly Tartars), and Central and Europe (mainly Slavs from Serbia ??? Saqaliba, S