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...

David, ed. (1992). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXVI: The Revolt of the Zanj, A.D. 869–879/A.H. 255–265. Albany, New York: State University of New York...

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...

expeditions to East Africa are mentioned in the late Arabic Book of the Zanj. The Abbasid caliphs al-Manṣūr (754–775), Hārūn al-Rashīd (786–809) and al-Maʾmūn...

the Swahili Coast, a region then known in Arabic as the Bilad al-Zanj ("Land of the Zanj"), with an overnight stop at the island town of Mombasa. Although...

the Swahili coast, a region then known in Arabic as the Bilad al-Zanj ("Land of the Zanj") with an overnight stop at the island town of Mombasa. Although...

many Zanj slaves as soldiers and, as early as 696, there were slave revolts of the Zanj against their Arab enslavers in Iraq. The Zanj Rebellion, a series...

century AD, and forming various city states constituting the decentralised Zanj Empire, and the Kingdom of Mapungubwe in the Zambezi valley. After reaching...

in peace after liberating the island from the Byzantines. The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) capture the Abbasid seaport of...

future caliph al-Mu'tadid (r. 892–902) during the suppression of the Zanj Rebellion in 880/1, and had risen to the position of chief of police of the field...

harsh treatment of slaves also led to notable uprisings, such as the Zanj Rebellion. Bernard Lewis opines that in later times, the domestic slaves, although...

suffering heavy losses. 871 Battle of Basra Zanj defeat Abbasid forces and sack city of Basra during the Zanj rebellion. 872 Battle of Hafrsfjord Harald Hårfagre...

breakaway and autonomous regimes in the provinces, and the large-scale Zanj Rebellion, whose leader claimed Alid descent and proclaimed himself as the mahdi...

University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2. Halm, Heinz (1991). Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden [The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the...

at Samarra al-Muntasir al-Musta'in al-Mu'tazz al-Muhtadi Zanj Rebellion Kharijite Rebellion Tahirids Saffarids Tulunids Abbasid revival al-Mu'tamid al-Muwaffaq...

breakaway and autonomous regimes in the provinces, and the large-scale Zanj Rebellion, whose leader claimed Alid descent and proclaimed himself as the mahdi...

1977), pp. 183–231, at 194–195 and 198. The account in the Book of the Zanj of pre-Islamic immigration of Arabs from Himyar in southern Arabia, their...

Most of these slaves came from places such as Sub-Saharan Africa (mainly Zanj), South Asia (Hindus), the North Caucasus (mainly Circassians), Central Asia...

the slavery practised in the Islamic Caliphate beginning before the Zanj Rebellion of the 9th century, and Basra's role as a key port. It is the most populous...

the collapse of Abbasid power in the Anarchy at Samarra and the subsequent Zanj Revolt, as well as from dissatisfaction among Twelver adherents with the...

Andrea. "The Rise of Feminism in the PKK: Ideology or Strategy?" (PDF). Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies. 2: 116. Archived (PDF) from...

Most of these slaves came from places such as Sub-Saharan Africa (mainly Zanj), the Caucasus (mainly Circassians), and Central Asia (mainly Tartars). Before...

the Koryŏ Dynasty. BRILL. p. 150. ISBN 978-90-04-18325-4. Sept essais sur des Aspects de la société et de l'économie dans la Normandie médiévale (Xe –...

counterbalance to the power of the jund. It was recorded that 5,000 black Zanj slaves were stationed in Abbasiya as part of its garrison. Under Ziyadat...

772 - Ramparts built. 820 - Zott conflict. 868 - Zanj Rebellion. 871 - City sacked during Zanj Rebellion. 923 - Qaramitah conflict. 10th century - Public...

had been a refuge for escaped slaves and serfs, such as during the Zanj Rebellion. By the mid-1980s, a low-level insurgency against Ba'athist drainage...

Andrea (2018). "The Rise of Feminism in the PKK: Ideology or Strategy?". Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies. 2 (1): 115–133. doi:10...

the Arab World. These slaves came largely from Sub-Saharan Africa (mainly Zanj via the Trans-Saharan slave trade, Red Sea slave trade and Indian Ocean slave...

Alaouite dynasty. East Africa: Land of Punt, D'mt, Kingdom of Aksum, Azania, Zanj Empire, Empire of Kitara, Zagwe dynasty, Ethiopian Empire, Kilwa Sultanate...

University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2. Halm, Heinz (1991). Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden [The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the...