Afro-Iranians
Afro-Iranians ( Persian : ایرانیان آفریقاییتبار) are people of black African descent who live in Iran . Most Afro-Iranians live in the coastal provinces of the Persian Gulf such as Hormozagan , Sistan and Balochistan and Khuzestan .
history
To meet the demand for legwork, black slaves captured by Arab slave traders have been transported in cumulative large numbers over the centuries to the Persian Gulf , Egypt , Arabia , India , the Far East , the Indian Ocean and islands Ethiopia sold.
During the Qajar dynasty, many wealthy households imported black African women and children as slaves to do housework. This slave labor was done exclusively by the Zanj , who were Bantu-speaking peoples who lived on the coast of Southeast Africa in an area that roughly encompassed present-day Tanzania , Mozambique and Malawi . However, under British pressure, Mohammad Shah Qajar issued a Firman in 1848 that suppressed the slave trade .
Languages and religion
The Afro-Iranians today are no longer slaves and speak Swahili , a widely from Persian and Arabic influenced Bantu language , Somali or Arabic. But many also speak Persian.
As a rule, Afro-Iranian and Afro-Arab people are Sunni .
literature
- Mahdi Ehsaei: Afro-Iran. Kehrer, Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86828-655-7 .
Web links
- Denise Hassanzade Ajiri: The face of African slavery in Qajar Iran - in pictures. theguardian.com of January 14, 2016 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Afro-Iranian Lives. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
- ^ Map of ethnic groups in Iran. In: The Gulf / 2000 Project. SIPA, accessed on April 7, 2020 (English).
- ^ The Slave Route (archived). March 29, 2015, accessed April 8, 2020 .
