zanj

The Zanj Rebellion was a huge uprising organized by African slaves (called Zanj by the Arabs) who had had enough of working in the horrible conditions of the sugar plantations of Ahvaz and Lower Mesopotamia. It lasted fourteen years (869-883 AD) and although the rebels were defeated, the...

What if the Zanj Rebellion had succeeded in overthrowing the Abbasid Caliphate? Could a Zanj polity have lasted?

I wanted to make the Zanj rebellion survive as an independent state and while trying to gather more information on that i stumbled upon the East African version of the Lechina Empire called the Shenzi Empire, so fantastic claims lacking sufficient proof including discovering America, colonizing...

This post will be dedicated to giving a rough and short analysis of the Zanj Revolt's foundation as stipulated by its leaders and why this was a rebellion unlike the typical. Further, this is a topic that gives opposition to the position that history occurs due to massive factors or the march of...

In 869, the Zanj revolt began as a regional conflict and minor slave revolt led by a mysterious figure named Ali ibn Muhammad al-Dibaj in the region of al-Sawad (far southern Iraq). Beginning with a small group of supporters from Eastern Arabia and another small group from his days in Baghdad...

In this poll, I wanted to write some options as to the decline/fall of the Abbasid that was different from otl. Then, have a poll to see which ones interested people most and get reasons why each person chose a particular outcome. The only option not included is otl, obviously, but if you favor...

What if Basil I the Macedonian, after defeating the Paulicians, launched an overland invasion of the Abbasid Caliphate while the Abbasids were distracted with the Zanj Rebellion?

Questioner: What do you say of the Quran? Shaykh Ahmad ibn Hanbal(refer to him as Shaykh Hanbal): And you, what do you say about the Knowledge of Allah, The Most High? Questioner: Did not Allah say "Allah is the creator of all things (Q 13:6)" and is the Quran not a thing? Shaykh Hanbal...