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Al Rabghuzi; Qisas al Anbiya

(The Stories of the Prophets) (1300) (in Turkic)

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Taken from: Black and Slave: The Origins and History of the Curse of Ham by David M. Goldenberg

 

Ham laughed at Noah’s nakedness so God blackened the sperm in Ham’s loins on account of his wickedness. His children became black (1)…. His offspring are the Indians, the Abyssinians and the Zanj.

(1) This is the curse of Ham which is repeated with variations by:

- Ibn Qutayba (880)

- Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi (897)

- Al-Kisa'i (d904)

- Al Tabari (922): collects all that was already written about the subject (including denials).

- Eutychius of Alexandria (940)

- Muhammad Bal'ami (10th)

- Grandson of Muhallib bin Muhammad bin Shadi (1126)

- Al Jawzi (1200): he denies the curse.

- Al-Qazwini (1283) in Atar al Bilad

- Al Rabghuzi (1300)

- Al Dimashqi (1325)

- Ibn Khaldun (1406): he denies the curse.

- al Maqrizi (1441)

- Mirkhond (1495)

- Alf layla wa Layla (15th)

- Suyuti (1505): in some of his books refutes it in others he just repeats it.

And many others.