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Ibn Sida : Al Mukhassas (Custom) (d1066) Andalus

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(Siduh), Abu ’l-Hasan ʿAli b. Ismaʿil , or Abu ’l-Hasan Ali b. Ahmad b. Ismaʿil, Andalusian philologist and lexicographer, born in Murcia, died at the age of about 60 in 1066. He compiled two important dictionaries: al-Mukhassaṣ and al-Muhkam. Ibn Sida was blind, as was his father. He was entirely devoted to philology and lexicography.

 

Taken from: Alwaraq

P85

….is a section in the lower lip, was said has a crack in the lip and is large as it affects the lips of the Zinj….

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Ibn Duraid (1): Daker: a game played by the Zanj and Habash,

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Inverted: (ZNJ)

alzzinj, walzzanj: race of the Sudan.

One of them: zinji,, told by Ibn al-Skeit (2) and Abu Ubayd (3), such as: Rumi and Rume, Farsi (7) and Persians;

alzzunj ; alaznuj. It is said in the appeal: O Zanaj.

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And its derivatives; It is said: zanj wzinj wzanji  and wzinjiun

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Giraffe: the group of people,

The giraffe (6): a known animal. Sibawayh (8): God created the giraffe her hands longer than her legs.


al-Muhkam wal muhit: (Arbitrator and the Great Ocean)

Taken from: المحكم والمحيط الأعظم  by ابن سيده  al-maktaba.org

 

Vol2 p383

Ivory: the tusks of the elephant. It is called tusks ivory.

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Hair loss: does not happen with the frizzy hair of Zinj, and this because of its hardness.

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And flatfoot: with the bottom of the foot so that the toe does not touch the ground; Like the legs of the Zinj.

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The cleft lip in the lower lip. It was said: is the incision in the lip without wanting it.

It was said: it is a cracked lip and it is large and relaxed, and it affects the lips of the Zinj.

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Daghawa (4): A race of Sudan, behind the Zinj on an island in the sea.

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And the tribe: the congregation of men shall be from three onwards, from various people, such as the Zinj, and the Romans,
and the Arabs, and they may be of one kind.

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aldukra: A game played by the Zinj and the Habash.

Vol7 p300

ZNJ

Zeng, Zeng: Race of Sudan

One of them: Zinji, said by Ibn al-Skeit (2) and Abu Ubayd (3), such as: Rumi and Rume, and Farsi (7) and Persia; ……
As for saying: Zanzibar, Bilad al Zanj

Vol7 p600

Zanjibiri (Ginger): It grows in the land of the Arabs in the land of Oman, it is a vein that runs in the ground, and the plant
is similar to the plant Alsasn. And there is nothing wild, no trees, it is eaten as herbs used dry, and in amounts it is brought
from the Zinj and the country of China. Some people claimed that the wine is called zanjabila……

Vol8 p430

Abu Hanifa (5) said it is from the trees of the mountains it is a hardwood, he said some people claimed that it was the ebony-tree;
others said it is the teak, not one of these two might fit….

Vol8 p591

And the al-Mays tree; from which the traveller Abu Hanifa (5) said:  al-Mays a similar wardwood tree of this plant is in the west,
if it is young, it is the totally white, and if old it becomes black, then he becomes like the ebony and thickens until the large
tables are taken from them.

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The Zurafa people: those trying to outdo each other.

Wa-zurafat and the Wa-zurafata: The group, the collection zirafiu, the giraffe (6) is a well-formed animal from the Abyssinian side.
And the giraffe (6): found in areas with little water….

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And the Romans, a race of the Roman and one of them is known as a Rumi. Said the Persian; It is from the section of Zanji – Wazunj; He said the same is Persian and Persians.

(1) Ibn Duraid: (837-933 CE), a leading grammarian of Basrah.

(2) Ibn al-Skeit; Ibn Al-Skeet, Ya`qub Ibn Ishaq (d859AD) known through his book (Reformation of Logic) on linguistic interpretation of verses from the Noble Qur’an.

(3) Abu Ubayd: (d838) Abu Ubaid al-Qasim ibn Salam al-Khurasani al-Harawi was an Arab philologist and the author of many standard works on lexicography. The complete entry is repeated by Ibn Mansur 11290.

(4) Daghawa: (east africa): found in Ibn Sida (1066); Idrisi (1150); Ibn Said (1250); Ibn Manzur (1290); Qadi Ibn Sasri Al-Shafi’I (1300); Al-Dimashqi (1325); Abulfida (1331); Al Himyari (1461) has Daghwata. Here it has two rivers, is situated besides the land of the Zanj close to Qumr, at the end of the mountain-chain Ousthiqoun; a town also called Dahna which according to Ptolemy is south of the equator (says Al-Dimashqi (1325)). Mayby the same place as: Dgo: Dgaop; found in: Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (d791); al-Sahib ibn Abbad (995). In idrisi (1150) Daghuta it is the furthest south town in the land of Sofala. Sofala was one of the earliest places to be visited by Muslim traders for its gold; together with Qanbalu (Pemba) for its slaves.

(5) Abu Hanifa; Abu Hanifah Dinawari ; Kitab-al-nabat: see my webpage on Abu Hanifa al Dinawari; (d895)

(6) And the giraffe: in areas with little water: This is also repeated by many authors; Al Marvazi: (1120); Shah Mardan Ibn Abi al-Khayr (11th); Ibn Manzur: (1290); Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi (d1023); Ibn Sida (1066).

(7) Farsi: language of Persia; Rumi language of Rome.

(8) Sibawayh: Al Kitab (The Book) (d796) First Book on Arab Grammar.