{"slug": "zanj-rebellion", "label": "Zanj Rebellion", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanj_Rebellion", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759988", "qid": "Q759988", "description": "slave revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [869, 883], "span_label": ["869 CE", "883 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}], "related": [{"slug": "zanj", "label": "Zanj", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "slavery", "label": "Slavery", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "basra", "label": "Basra", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-mu-tadid", "label": "Al-Mu'tadid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persian-gulf", "label": "Persian Gulf", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persia", "label": "Persia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tigris", "label": "Tigris", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 869, "year_label": "869 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa), provoked by mercilessly harsh labor conditions in salt flats, and on the sugar and cotton plantations of southwestern Persia, revolt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369351830#Arabian_Empire", "title": "869", "revid": 1369351830, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) capture the Abbasid seaport of Al-Ubullah at the Persian Gulf, and cut off communications with Basra (modern Iraq).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 871, "year_label": "871 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – Battle of Basra: Zanj rebels in Mesopotamia sack and capture Basra (see Zanj Rebellion).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129558#Arabian_Empire", "title": "871", "revid": 1341129558, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 872, "year_label": "872 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) defeat the Abbasid forces, led by caliphal regent Al-Muwaffaq (brother of caliph Al-Mu'tamid). Hostilities in Mesopotamia (Southern Iraq) will preoccupy Al-Muwaffaq, and the Zanj will remain on the offensive over the next several years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071842#Arabian_Empire", "title": "872", "revid": 1267071842, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) in Mesopotamia seize Wasit (modern Iraq), and establish a presence in the Persian province of Khuzestan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Arabian_Empire", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 879, "year_label": "879 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Zanj Rebellion: The Abbasid Caliphate concentrates its efforts against the Zanj rebels in Mesopotamia. The Abbasid general Al-Mu'tadid leads an expeditionary force (10,000 men) to suppress the revolt. This marks the turning-point of the war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046041#Arabian_Empire", "title": "879", "revid": 1348046041, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 881, "year_label": "881 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Zanj Rebellion: Abbasid general Al-Muwaffaq lays siege to the Zanj capital of Mukhtara, using his base on the opposite side of the River Tigris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129955#Arabian_Empire", "title": "881", "revid": 1341129955, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 883, "year_label": "883 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Zanj Rebellion: Abbasid general Al-Muwaffaq brings in Egyptian forces, to help him in his two-year siege of the Zanj capital Mukhtara. He captures the city, and crushes the revolt that has devastated Chaldea (modern Iraq) since 869.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129939#Arabian_Empire", "title": "883", "revid": 1341129939, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}]}