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It's #Nowruz --- the Persian New Year!

What a wonderful time to talk about Africa in Iran: Momma Africa's babies are in Iran: The Afro-Persians

'We are Iranians'.

Rediscovering the history of African slavery in Iran 🇮🇷 .

#PersianNewYear

Ali ibn al- Hassan Shirazi, the Black Persian Ethiopian prince who founded the Kilwa Sultanate in East Africa.

Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi was one of seven sons of the Emir Al-Hassan of Shiraz, Persia, his mother an Abyssinian (Ethiopian) slave.

"Upon his father's death, Ali was driven out of his inheritance by his warring brothers. Setting sail out of Hormuz, Ali ibn al-Hassan, his household and a small group of followers first made their way to Mogadishu, a commercial port on the East African coast.:

However, Ali failed to get along with the city's Somali elite and he was soon driven out of that city as well.

Primary Source: Rough Waters: Nature and Development in an East African Marine Park
By Christine J. Walley

“The leader of the Shirazi immigrants to the East African islands was Hassan bin Ali, the former sultan of Shiraz ... He came in 956 CE with his Ethiopian mother, seven sons, close friends and neighbors.”

Primary source: The Middle East: Abstracts and index, Volume 21, Part 1

Papers Presented During the First Conference on the Historical Role of Iranians (Shirazis) in the East African Coast: More fascinating is also the tradition of the Wa- Nyika who claim the same Shirazi origin. ... Kilwa chronicle claims that the founder of Kilwa Kisiwani was a ..

... certain Ali bin Suleimani al-Shirazi, but other traditions say that the first ruler of Kilwa was Sultan Yusuf of Shangaya, "who is likely to be the same person as Yusuf bin Hassan al-Shirazi".

... who Shungwaya said to have left Persia/Shiraz because he was being discriminated by his brothers because his mother was an Ethiopian slave."

"The Collective for Black Iranians is a chapter-based non-profit organization with the mission to amplify Black & Afro-Iranians’ voices within the Iranian diaspora, educate on the connections between African & 🇮🇷 Iran."

https://twitter.com/BlackIranians/status/1296820386802184192?s=19

How do Afro-Persians ( Black Iranians ) 🍾celebrate #PersianNewYear -- Well, you do it while listening 🎶to The Notorious B.I.G..

That's how you do it.

Rediscovering the history of African slavery in Iran 🇮🇷

Iranian-Canadian scholar Behnaz Mirzai has spent 20 years researching the African diaspora in Iran, a little-known slice of Iranian history.

#BlackIran

middleeasteye.net/in-depth/featu…

Black Diaspora Afro Iranians

"...their history is lost... referred to as 'the Blacks of the South'"

#BlackPersianLivesMatter

"Hidden faces of Iran, Afro-Iranians".

The Afro-Iranians: Black Persian Lives Matter!

#BlackPersianLivesMatter

#PersianNewYear
#Nowruz
aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/2/…

#Portraits show #Iran’s hidden minority of #Afro-#Iranians
qz.com/964350/a-photo…

"Few #Iranians are aware of this part of their history or even the presence of #AfroIranians in their country, according to Ehsaei." qz.com/africa/964350/…

https://twitter.com/IranianWin/status/1267802240724729857?s=19

Filmmaker sheds lights on 500-year-old culture in southern Iran"

African-Iranian Culture

"10 to 15 percent of southern Iran is Afro-Iranian, the descendants of Iran's African slaves."

#PersianNewYear
#AfroPersianLivesMatter
#Nowruz

The forgotten legacy of African-Iranians

How a #Football game hinted at Iran's complicated past.

#PersianNewYear
#BlackPersianLivesMatter

mahdi-ehsaei.com/buy

"The most interesting fact for me is that Afro-Iranians have influenced the culture of a whole region. If you go to southern Iran you see people with colorful and vivid clothes and you will also notice a difference in the music, rhythms and dance style"...