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To next page 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. |