Zanj Revolt

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Zanj_Rebellion
gptkbp:cause oppression of East African slaves
gptkbp:duration 14 years
gptkbp:endDate 883
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Arabs
gptkb:East_Africans
gptkbp:historicalName Abbasid decline
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zanj Revolt
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Ali_ibn_Muhammad
gptkbp:legacy influenced later slave uprisings
gptkbp:location gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
southern Iraq
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:siege_of_Wasit
capture of Basra
establishment of rebel capital at al-Mukhtara
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
Zanj slaves
gptkbp:relatedTo history of slavery
Abbasid history
gptkbp:result defeat of Zanj
restoration of Abbasid control
gptkbp:significance one of the largest slave uprisings in history
gptkbp:startDate 869
gptkbp:suppressedBy gptkb:Al-Muwaffaq
gptkb:Abbasid_army
gptkbp:victim tens of thousands
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Zanj_Rebellion
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7