Did you know that a 9th century Arab wrote a book entitled "The Superiority of Blacks over Whites"?

[Swagnificent]

You are obsessed with Arabs OP.

Just trying to set the record straight that they were originally black.

We know the Ancient Hebrews were black. We know Jesus and the original Christians were black. But most people don't know that the original Arabs were also black.

Once that is more widely know, black people will realize that all the great religions on earth were started by black people.

 

[Swagnificent]

is this in this same book?

Yup. Al-Jahiz was a black Arab but at that time in Iraq, there was a lot of discrimination against a people called "the Zanj." They were black people from what are today countries in Southeast Africa like Mozambique. In Iraq around that time there was actually a huge slave revolt by the Zanj.

Al-Jahiz wrote that book to counter the racism he saw coming from white Muslims like the Persians against these group of black people called the Zanj. It should be noted that although Al-Jahiz was black, he was not a Zanj. He was an Arab. If you read the book he will say a lot of the time "they say" as an illusion to the fact this is what the Zanj say about blackness rather than his own thoughts.

Its an interesting look into race in 9th century Iraq.

 

[Swagnificent]

Abbasid and umayyad dont mean black and white......

The Abbasids were black. They descended from the Prophet Muhammad's family and he was clearly a black man.

 

[Prynce]

y'all let cacs speak on african history now?

 

[Swagnificent]

That blog post is so full of inaccuracies and outright lies.

"just as the carriers of black (Abbasid) inspire more fear and fill up more the heart than the carriers of white (Umayyad)"

Abbasids weren't black and Umayyads weren't white either, both of them were arab Qureishis and they were both related by blood and marriage.

The prophet's tribe was black. They were pure Bedouin. And we know the Bedouin were black.

White Arabs came about because of slavery. They were known as Mamluks.

 

[AndroidHero]

The Abbasids were black. They descended from the Prophet Muhammad's family and he was clearly a black man.

But Ummayed were also from the same tribe as the Abbasids, so how can one be black while the other white?

Unless you were arguing that both of them were black.

 

[UltimateSource]

Subhanallah

 

[UltimateSource]

Its funny yall thought white people created the idea of being superior? Lmao they stole that too!

Smh
Dusgusting, nasty dogs.


I told yall in that thread yesterday that Arabia is African soil...and gays attacked me for it.

Props to OP for dropping this ether written by this beautuful brother, may Allah reward him!


Allah Akbar!

 

[AndroidHero]

White Arabs came about because of slavery. They were known as Mamluks.

This is simply not true.

 

[UltimateSource]

This is simply not true.

Is this the "im white and i say so" logic that Tariq talks about?
Why would you say that, without countering his claim with evidence to the contrary?

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Thx for the drop

 

[AndroidHero]

Is this the "im white and i say so" logic that Tariq talks about?
Why would you say that, without countering his claim with evidence to the contrary?

He is the one who made the claim first, he should be the one to provide evidences.

Any way you want to learn more about Mamluk or mamālīks you can Google it.

 

[Swagnificent]

nice find @Swagnificent

I actually got it from this lecture by brother Runoko Rashidi.

Really good lecture that is a must watch IMO.

 

[Swagnificent]

He was clearly either a racist or a self hating c00n, this is what he wrote about black people in another book.

"We know that the Zanj (blacks) are the least intelligent and the least discerning of mankind, and the least capable of understanding the consequences of actions."

-- Jahiz (d. 868 AD), Kitab al-Bukhala (The Book of Misers)

"Like the crow among mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and the most vicious of creatures in character and temperament."[4]

--Jahiz, Kitab al-Hayawan, vol. 2

You should read more about his bio. It explains his change of heart.

Remember people in the past didn't think about race the way we do. Al-Jahiz was an Arab. Even though he was black, he probably didn't see himself as being the same as the Zanj (who were from Southern Africa) until he started facing the same discrimination in Iraq from white Persians.

They say he wrote this book to counter the growing anti-black prejudice coming from the white Persians that started to discriminate against black Arabs like Al-Jahiz as well.

 

[MoroccanBoy]

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