Zanj (Arabic: زنج; "Land of the Blacks" or "Land of the Negroes") was a name used by medieval Arab geographers to refer to both a certain portion of the coast of East Africa and its inhabitants, Bantu-speaking peoples called the Zanj. The seaboard is also the origin of the place-name "Zanzibar".
Read more about Zanj: Division of East Africa, History of Zanj, Arab Views On The Zanj, Zanj Rebellion
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Zingium
... is a Latinization of the Arabic word زنج zanj, which can be roughly translated as "Land of the Blacks" ... (whose name includes a form of the word zanj) ... The inhabitants of this portion of East Africa, referred to as the Zanj, were considered by Arabs and Chinese historians alike to be very culturally primitive ...
... is a Latinization of the Arabic word زنج zanj, which can be roughly translated as "Land of the Blacks" ... (whose name includes a form of the word zanj) ... The inhabitants of this portion of East Africa, referred to as the Zanj, were considered by Arabs and Chinese historians alike to be very culturally primitive ...
Zanj Rebellion
... The Zanj Rebellion refers to a series of uprisings which took place over a period of fifteen years (869-883 AD) near the city of Basra (also known as Basara) in modern day Iraq ... The Zanj who were taken as slaves to the Middle East were often used in hard agriculture-related outdoor work ... In particular, Zanj slaves were used in labor-intensive plantations, harvesting crops like sugarcane in the lower Mesopotamia basin of southern ...
... The Zanj Rebellion refers to a series of uprisings which took place over a period of fifteen years (869-883 AD) near the city of Basra (also known as Basara) in modern day Iraq ... The Zanj who were taken as slaves to the Middle East were often used in hard agriculture-related outdoor work ... In particular, Zanj slaves were used in labor-intensive plantations, harvesting crops like sugarcane in the lower Mesopotamia basin of southern ...
Jameh Mosque Of Zanjan
... The Jāmeh Mosque of Zanjān (Persian مسجد جامع زنجان – Masjid-e-Jāmeh Zanjān) also known as, Seyyed Mosque (Persian ...
... The Jāmeh Mosque of Zanjān (Persian مسجد جامع زنجان – Masjid-e-Jāmeh Zanjān) also known as, Seyyed Mosque (Persian ...
Afro Iraqis - See Also
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... Zanj Zanj rebellion Zanj Empire Arab slave trade Afro Arab Afro Iranian Afro-Turks. ...
Zanj Rebellion - Historical Revisionism
... Ghada Hashem Talhami, a scholar of the Zanj revolt, argues that the Zanj rebellion is inaccurately named ... In fact, most of the military were not Zanj to begin with ... time, after most of the other slaves were freed, that the actual Zanj-imported slaves took hold ...
... Ghada Hashem Talhami, a scholar of the Zanj revolt, argues that the Zanj rebellion is inaccurately named ... In fact, most of the military were not Zanj to begin with ... time, after most of the other slaves were freed, that the actual Zanj-imported slaves took hold ...