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Samaw'al ibn Yahy� al-Maghribi al-Isra'ili;
Nuzhat al-ahb�b fi mu�asharati l-albab
(the walk of the beloveds in the relationship with the hearts) (1175) converted Jew from Fez settled in Baghdad
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Taken from; G. Rotter; Die stellung des negers in der islamisch-arabischen gesellschaft.
Zangiyat: there are many like them, and the blacker they are�the more their teeth are pointed.
The use that the Zanj have is little; the problems they bring are big.
Dance and rhythm is inborn to them. Because of their incorrect pronunciation of the Arab they turned to flute plays and rhythm.