SOME INTERESTING FACTS. HISTORY AND TRAVEL
GIBRALTAR the part of United Kingdom at the African tip of the Iberian Peninsula, is named after the Amazigh General(native people of North Africa who were conquered ans islamised by the Arabs)
Tariq ibn Zayid, Jebel Tariq, meaning Tariq’s mountain. The Amazigh general was a native of present day Algerie.
this is Jebel Tariq..
ESTABANICO a black man born in the Moroccan port of Azemmour(i have visited his birthplace where he is not a celebrated figure for various reasons!) under the tutelage of his patron, the spanish nobleman Dorantes, was the first African to set foot in the territory now called America or USA. His story is beautifully recreated in this book The Moor’s account by Laila Lalami(an American professor)
The beautiful archipelago of Zanzibar lies off the coast of East Africa and forms part of the country of Tanzania. Where did the name Zanzibar originate?
The word Zanzibar came from Arabic zanjibār (زنجبار [zandʒibaːr]), which is in turn from Persian zangbâr (زنگبار [zæŋbɒːɾ]), a compound of Zang (زنگ [zæŋ], "black") + bâr (بار [bɒːɾ], "coast"),cf. the Sea of Zanj. The name is one of several toponyms sharing similar etymologies, ultimately meaning "land of the blacks" or similar meanings, in reference to the dark skin of the inhabitants.
It was a transhipment port for slaves originating in Africa, sent to faraway places including Iran and India. The descendants of these slaves in India are known as Siddis( photo siddi children of india) The descendants of africans, now collectively referred to as Afro Iranians are found in the southern flanks of Iran. A photo below shows a group of afro-iranians in the sistan-baluchistan province
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In the last photo you see a group of men in Khorramshar taking part in a zar ceremony
