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[QUOTE]Originally posted by markellion: [QB] In this translations of Ibn Khaludn it says "These are synonyms used to designate the particular nation that has turned black". Is it possible it was mistranslated and Ibn Khaldun meant nations that remained black This might be important [b]Negroes from the south who settled in the temperate fourth zone or in the seventh zone that tends towards whiteness, are found to produce descendants whose color gradually turns white in the course of time[/b] http://www.geocities.com/derideauxp/khaldun.html [QUOTE]The inhabitants of the first and the second zone in the south are called the Abyssinians, the Zanj, the Sudanese. [b]These are synonyms used to designate the particular nation that has turned black.[/b] The name Abyssinians however is restricted to those Negroes who live opposite Mecca and the Yemen and the name Zanj is restricted to those who live along the Indian Ocean. These names are not given to them because of an alleged descent from a black human being, be it Ham or anyone else. [b]Negroes from the south who settled in the temperate fourth zone or in the seventh zone that tends towards whiteness, are found to produce descendants whose color gradually turns white in the course of time. [/b] [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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