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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) The curse of Ham is repeated by:

- Ibn Qutayba (880)

- Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi (d897)

- Al-Kisa'i (d904)

- Eutychius of Alexandria: (d. 940 A.D.)

- Muhammad Bal'ami (10th)

- Al Rabghuzi; Qisas al Anbiya (1300)

-Al Dimashqi (1325)

- Ibn Khaldun (1406)

- Suyuti (1505)