ثورة الزنج (255-270 هـ-868-883 م)‎

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The Negroes Revolution (255AH/868AD) was not the only Revolution they did, there were many more before.

The Nigro's rebelled in the time of “Musab Ibn Omair” in Iraq.

They rubbed agriculture crops and wreaked havoc in many areas around “Al Basra”.

But the governor “Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Usaid” stopped their movement and killed some of them.

And no historical sources has indicated that this movement has political, social or religious beliefs.

The Nigros tried to rebell again in the days of “Al-Hajjaj Bin Yusuf Al-Thaqafi”, and they moved in the “Basra” while “Al-Hajjaj” was busy with “Abdu Allah bin Djaroud”; who got named “Amir Al Mouminine” (which signified it political goals); but the people of “al Basra” helped “Al-Hajjaj” in killing “sherzangi” and separating the others; and that's how this movement ended without an effect in the Arabic comity.

In the days of the “Mansour” in 141(Islamic calendar)/758(C); the Nigros rubbed the lower “Al Forat” and the villages; they also killed some of the people; but this movement got put down quickly before its danger increased.

In fact, it was the only revolution led by the Nigros, which has caught the attention of historians.

The one happened in the year (255-270AH/868-883AD), in the second Abbasid period, where power was weak and controlled by Turkish foreign leaders.

that led to the continuation of this revolution for a long period exceeding fourteen years.