Zenj

These slaves, referred to as Zenj, the term for East Africa, were involved in the 896 slave revolt, which lasted for 14 years before the Abbasids suppressed it.

D. Africa, 500-1500 2001

_ -- From the 8th century to the 11th Arabs and Persians made settlements along the coast and gained political supremacy at many places, leading to the formation of the so-called Zenj empire.

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Caspian Sea, Gilan and Khamseh (Zenj [= a] n) on the E.,

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During a radio dialogue programme aired by Zenj FM of Zanzibar last weekend, Mr Shamhuna confessed that there are some people who have been dropping his name as a potential presidential candidate.

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y Who had neither clothes nor houses, their country not bearing any buildings, but dwelt in holes underground, into which they retreated from the heat of the sun. 3 Jallalo'ddin says they were the Zenj, a black nation lying south-west of Ethiopia.

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