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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suffix ي -ī collective singulative جن jinn جني jinnī زنج zinj "black African people" زنجى zinjī "a black African person"...
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The Sea of Zanj (Arabic: بحر زنج, romanized: Baḥr Zanj; Swahili: Bahari ya Zanj) is a former name for the portion of the western Indian Ocean adjacent...
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jundiyy "a soldier" جِنّ jinn "genies, jinns"; جِنِّيّ jinniyy "a genie" زِنْج zinj "black people" (as a race); زِنْجِىّ zinjiyy "a black person" The nisba...
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meaning "prayer." Zanzibar (1840–1856): The name comes from the Arabic 'zanj' (زنج) meaning black and 'al bar' (البر) meaning "land." Rustaq (رستاق): "Border...
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انساب الطالبیین. قم. p. ۱۸۸. به کوشش احمد مهدوی دامغانی، ۱۴۰۹ق. "صاحب زنج - ویکی شیعه" (in Persian). Retrieved 8 December 2021. طبری, محمد بن جریر...
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