Zanj (Arabic: زَنْج, adj. زنجي, Zanjī; from Persian: زنگ, romanized: Zang) is a term used by medieval Muslim geographers to refer to both a certain portion...
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The Zanj Rebellion (Arabic: ثورة الزنج Thawrat al-Zanj / Zinj) was a major revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate, which took place from 869 until 883. Begun...
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The Sea of Zanj (Arabic: بحر زنج; Bahari ya Zanj, in Swahili) is a former name for that portion of the western Indian Ocean adjacent to the region in...
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The Zanj Empire was a 19th-century political formation established by the Omani sultanate on the Swahili Coast. Known for its slave-trading activities...
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labor in East Africa was drawn from the Zanj, Bantu peoples that lived along the East African coast. The Zanj were for centuries shipped as slaves by...
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Slavery in the Ottoman Empire (redirect from Zanj slaves)
Known as the Zanj (Bantu), these slaves originated mainly from the African Great Lakes region as well as from Central Africa. The Zanj were employed...
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Black and rufous sengi (redirect from Zanj elephant shrew)
sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi), the black and rufous elephant shrew, or the Zanj elephant shrew is one of the 17 species of elephant shrew found only in Africa...
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areas of operations during the Zanj Rebellion, the other being the regions of lower and central Iraq. Beginning in 869, Zanj armies repeatedly entered the...
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Azania (section Zanj Coast)
the Zanj Coast corresponding to Azania: the South Semitic etymology of A'Zania preceded the later Arabic Al-Zanjia. The roots of "land of the Zanj" - "Al-Zanjia"...
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Afro-Iraqis are Iraqi people of African Zanj heritage. Historically, their population has concentrated in the southern port city of Basra, as Basra was...
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The Iraq theater was one of two major areas of operations during the Zanj Rebellion, the other being the neighboring province of al-Ahwaz. The revolt,...
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Afro-Iranians (Persian: ایرانیان آفریقاییتبار) are Iranian people of African Zanj heritage. Most Afro-Iranians are concentrated in the coastal provinces of...
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were historically known as Azania or Zingion in the Greco-Roman era, and as Zanj or Zinj in Middle Eastern, Indian, and Chinese literature from the 7th to...
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Al-Muwaffaq (section Suppression of the Zanj Revolt)
successful defence of Iraq against the Saffarids and the suppression of the Zanj Rebellion restored a measure of the Caliphate's former power and began a...
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eastern portions of the African continent (where they were known as the Zanj) and sold them into markets in the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent,...
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Al-Jahiz, himself having a Zanj grandfather, wrote a book entitled Superiority of the Blacks to the Whites, and explained why the Zanj were black in terms of...
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during various military campaigns, most notably in the suppression of the Zanj Rebellion, in which he played a major role. When al-Muwaffaq died in June...
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Pakistan and India. They are primarily descended from the Bantu peoples of the Zanj coast in Southeast Africa, most of whom came to the Indian subcontinent through...
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The Zanj sun squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in eastern Africa. The Zanj sun squirrel is a large...
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profitable return, indicating the value of the Basra food market. Although Zanj slaves from Africa were put to work on these construction projects, most...
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The Book of the Zanj (or Kitāb al-Zunūj) is an Arabic history of the Zanj (Zenj, Zengi) who live in East Africa from their origins down to the turn of...
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Abbasids to concentrate their resources in suppressing the Zanj Revolt in the south. The Zanj rebels had managed to capture much of lower Iraq, and inflicted...
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Afro-Turks (Turkish: Afrikalı Türkler) are Turkish people of African Zanj descent, who trace their origin to the Ottoman slave trade like the Afro-Abkhazians...
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countries, is founded. September – Battle of Basra: Zanj rebels in Mesopotamia sack and capture Basra (see Zanj Rebellion). The Cairo Genizah, a collection of...
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Chinese surname Zang, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran Persian form of Zanj Tsang (disambiguation) Zhang (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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Afro-Omanis are Omani people of African Zanj heritage. Most live in the coastal cities of Oman, with many speaking Arabic and adhering to Islam. Their...
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ISBN 978-90-04-11211-7. Furlonge, Nigel D. (1999). "Revisiting the Zanj and Re-Visioning Revolt: Complexities of the Zanj Conflict – 868–883 AD". Negro History Bulletin....
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boisei Zinj, Bahrain, a suburb of Manama, Bahrain Zinj, alternate spelling of Zanj, a medieval area of the East African coast Zinj - name of the fictional lost...
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tortoiseshell, gold and slaves. They also brought Islam to the people of the Zanj including the Comoros. As the importance of the Comoros grew along the East...
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Al-Jahiz (section On the Zanj ("Swahili coast"))
( Arabic: السودان "as-swadan") was used to describe people like Zuṭṭ and Zanj, and based on this, several scholars have stated that al-Jahiz descended...
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