jari
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Post by jari on Apr 28, 2012 20:33:53 GMT -5
Anyone have a Kindle, I don't so I can access this book but it looks very interesting..anyone have any info on these Africans who ruled Yemen..?? www.amazon.com/Slave-To-King-Medieval-ebook/dp/B007T9SGR4/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1335663074&sr=1-2In the 9th and 10th centuries enslaved East Africans were brought to the Ziyadid kingdom of Yemen. By the later 10th century they had become the Prime Ministers of the kingdom. One of the last such Prime Ministers formed a dynasty that was to last for almost a hundred and fifty years, repeatedly bouncing back from the political intrigue of their Arab neighbours. Zabid was the capital from which they ruled and is today a UNESCO World Heritage site. They were renowned builders and protectors of the architectural heritage of Yemen. Slave To King: The African Rulers of Medieval Yemen is a book that tells a little known part of the history of Africans in Asia and of slavery as a whole. While telling this story it also bravely asserts that enslaved foreigners have earned the moral right to rule any land which they have helped to build. It also looks at the various attitudes that Arabs had towards Africans and how the latter managed to literally rise above them. A must read for those interested in an African history that stands tall and bows to none.
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Post by wisdomisawesome23 on Apr 28, 2012 23:22:54 GMT -5
so if I were to purchase the book, would I have to have a kindle to read it? I don't have a kindle so hopefully once I buy it they'd give me a .pdf file.
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Post by mendeman on May 22, 2012 10:11:54 GMT -5
Jari
I believe we have spoken about this on egypt search. We have from 500 B.C. to about 1700 A.D. all these black kingdoms popping up all over the globe and magically they are all supposedly the result of slaves taking over. It makes no sense. I believe these kingdoms were a part of a larger African empire.
I believe there needs to be a team of people who speak Greek, Arabic, French, Latin, German, Spanish and a number of African languages. These teams need to start reading works written from 500 B.C. to 1700 A.D. to find out what was being said about these kingdoms back then. I assure you, you will not be reading about some slaves who got loose and then became kings. You will read about African's who were a part of a larger empire. We should also remember, Arabia was under the control of Aksumites from about 500 B.C. until shortly after the rise of Islam. So these stories are beyond suspect
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