Zanj Rebellion
869–883 · Event
Enslaved East Africans draining the salt marshes of southern Iraq rise, sack Basra and fight the caliphate for 15 years.
On these timelines: Islam, Slavery & Abolition, Master, Major Religions, Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East
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