The Zanj Empire was a 19th-century political formation established by the Omani sultanate on the Swahili Coast. Known for its slave-trading activities...

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...

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...

slaves. Today, thousands of Afro Turks, the descendants of the Zanj slaves in the Ottoman Empire, continue to live in modern Turkey. An Afro-Turk, Mustafa...

Afro-Iraqis are Iraqi people of African Zanj heritage. Historically, their population has concentrated in the southern port city of Basra, as Basra was...

coast. These states are sometimes referred to, collectively, as the Zanj empire. However, it is unlikely that they were ever united under one ruler....

Azuagha, Azwagha, Sungee, Sanghee, Songhai, Songhay, Sughai, Zanghi, Zingani, Zanj, Zahn, Zaan, Zarai, Dyagha, and possibly Znaga. [dubious – discuss] In ancient...

al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman Tongoni Ruins Tumbatu Zanj Empire The slaves sourced from the East Africa coast were called Zanj in Islamic literature. Tanzania Ethnic...

demographic processes. Shirazi people Kilwa Sultanate Kizimkazi Mosque Zanj Empire Tanzania Ethnic Groups, East Africa Living Encyclopedia, accessed 28...

had been imported from across the Muslim empire and claimed "tens of thousands of lives in lower Iraq". The Zanj who were taken as slaves to the Middle...

Zanzibar was a part of the Omani Empire. Some Afro-Omanis are still able to maintain rituals related to healing that are of Zanj origin. The languages used...

in Powys and Seisyllwg (approximate date). Zanj Rebellion: Abbasid general Al-Muwaffaq lays siege to the Zanj capital of Mukhtara, using his base on the...

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...

Afro-Iranians (Persian: ایرانیان آفریقایی‌تبار) are Iranian people of African Zanj heritage. Most Afro-Iranians are concentrated in the coastal provinces of...

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...

in the historical region of Zanj and from places such as Niger, Arabia, Libya, Kenya and Sudan, came to the Ottoman Empire settled by the Dalaman, Menderes...

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"...

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...

allies. Artgal's son, Run, succeeds to the Strathclyde throne. The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) defeat the Abbasid forces, led...

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...

nine-month siege. Most of the population is massacred by the Arabs. Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) in Mesopotamia seize Wasit (modern...

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...

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

messenger later returned to Srivijaya with a Zanji (a black female slave from Zanj), a gift from the Caliph to the Maharaja. Later, a Chinese chronicle made...

history led to several destructive slave revolts, the most notable being the Zanj Rebellion of 869–883, and led to the end of the practice. Many rulers also...

in Basra, a cosmopolitan port at the time. They, along with Sayabija and Zanj, were designated as one of the Black peoples (Arabic: as-swadan) by Arabs...

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...

with the terms of the Baqt treaty. In the Abbasid Empire, African slaves were referred to as Zanj. African slaves were favored for hard labor. The slave...

Mozambique. Arab geographers referred to the Swahili coast as the land of the zanj (blacks). Although once believed to be the descendants of Persian colonists...

Iraq. The harsh condition resulted in a big slave rebellion known as the Zanj Rebellion, which lasted between 869 and 883. Thousands and possibly millions...