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Ibn Qutayba (880) : Kitab al-ma'arif
(The book of knowledge) worked in Baghdad
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Taken from: David M. Goldenberg: The curse of Ham, Race and slavery in early Judaism
Wahb b. Munabbih said that Ham b. Noah was a white man having a beautiful face and form. But Allah (to Him belongs glory and power) changed his color and the color of his descendants because of his father's curse. Ham went off, followed by his children. They settled on the shore of the sea, and Allah increased them. They are the Sudan. Their food was fish, which used to stick to their teeth. So they sharpened their teeth until these became like needles. Some of Ham's descendants settled in the west. Ham begot Kush b. Ham, Kanan b. Ham and Fut b. Ham. Fut traveled and settled in the land of Hind and Sind, and the people there are his descendants. The descendants of Kush and Kanan are the races of the Sudan: the Nuba, the Zanj, the Qazan, the Zaghawa, the Habasha, the Qibt, and the Barbar.
The Zanj live of fish, and for this reason sharpen their teeth like needles, so that the fish should not stick to them.
He also states that blacks are ugly and misshapen, because they live in a hot country. The heat overcooks them in the womb and curls their hair.
In another book: Uyun al Akhbar: The Zanj have the best smelling mouths of all mankind, even though they do not brush their teeth ; this is because they have much saliva.
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