Suicide, a new issue in Crimean social history research, has not been dealt with in terms of the status of free persons and slaves. It is difficult to find reliable and detailed primary source about slaves’ private lives and their expectations apart from some cases which focus on slaves as merchandise to be bought and sold, and examples of their release and escape. However, the Crimean Shari’a court records, which recently became available, provide researchers with such information on slaves as well as some incidental information on many topics such as their living conditions, their hopes for release, and reasons for their suicide. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of society on slave suicides by examining the Shari’a court records of the Crimean Khanate from 1650 to 1675.

在克里米亚社会历史研究中，自杀是一个新问题，但尚未解决自由人和奴隶的地位问题。除了一些以奴隶为买卖对象的奴隶及其释放和逃逸的例子以外，很难找到关于奴隶的私生活和他们的期望的可靠而详尽的主要资料。但是，最近可获得的克里米亚伊斯兰教法庭记录为研究人员提供了有关奴隶的此类信息，以及有关诸如生活条件，释放希望和自杀原因等许多主题的一些附带信息。本文的目的是通过研究1650年至1675年克里米亚汗国的伊斯兰教法法庭记录来分析社会对奴隶自杀的影响。