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The Zanj Rebellion: The Largest Slave Rebellion - ANIMATED HISTORY

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Kwabena Ofori Osei
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Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of medieval era, as well as the history of Islam and early Muslim expansion continues with a video on the slavery in the early caliphate and the so-called Zanj Rebellion of 869-883, as the slaves in the Abbasid Caliphate rose in the brutal uprising. šŸŽ„

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Kwabena Ofori Osei
Kwabena Ofori Osei 3 months ago

Zanj-Black
-Zanj or Zang in Persian means Black for "country of the Blacks" or ā€œland of the Blacks.ā€ Other transliterations include Zenj, Zinj, and Zang.

-Zanj or Zang is a Persian term used by medieval Muslims slave traders to refer to both Southeast Africa (primarily the Swahili Coast) and its Black inhabitants.

Zanzibar-The Coast of the Blacks
-The name Zanzibar comes from the name of a local people, Zanj, which means "Black," and the Arabic word barr, which means "coast" or "shore.ā€

-The name Zanj for Blacks still remains in the name of Zanzibar meaning ā€œCoast of the Blacksā€.

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