East African Zanj

Zanj refers to enslaved East Africans who were brought to the Abbasid caliphate, most notably associated with the Zanj Rebellion—a major fifteen-year revolt (869–883 CE) of East African slaves and laborers against the Abbasid caliphate in southern Iraq that threatened to topple its rule.

Claims that use this term

• East African Zanj slaves led a long revolt that shook the Abbasid caliphate.
• East African Zanj slaves staged a fifteen-year revolt that nearly toppled the Abbasid caliphate