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Ibn el Djauzi; Kechf en Nikab fil asma wal alkab (1256) Baghdad
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Taken from : Journal Asiatique 1907
The iman Abou Khalid Moslim b. Khalid qadi and mufti of Mecca who died in 796AD was nicknamed Zendji. He was very white and had received the nickname because of that. Another explanation: One day his slave girl tells him jokingly: One who likes that much the dates can only be a Zendji. And the name stuck. (Kechf fol 20) (see Ibn Ath. T VI p100)
Also: Abou Mohammed Abd er-Rahman ech-Cha�iri, he was also known under the nickname the Zendji (Kechf fol 20)