Zanj
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10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Division of East Africa's coast
- Zanj territory
- History
- Ancient DNA analysis
- Contemporary descriptions
- Zanj Rebellion
- See also
- References
- External links
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Zanj (; , adj. ; , Zanjī; from ; ) is a term used by medieval Muslim geographers to refer to both a certain portion of Southeast Africa (primarily the Swahili Coast) and to its Bantu inhabitants. It has also been used to refer to Africans collectively by Arab sources. This word is also the origin of the place-names Zanzibar ("coast of the Zanji") and the Sea of Zanj.