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" Jabarti - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Erlich, Haggai
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AL
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English
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1062315
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ALei2712
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Erlich, Haggai
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Jabarti - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Erlich, Haggai
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(549 words)
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The term Jabarti (Ar. Jabartī) refers traditionally to all Muslim people living in the Horn of Africa, members of diverse communities, of different ethnic origins, and speakers of many local languages. There are several etymologies of the term: Ar. jabbār (strong; strong warrior), Geʾez agbert (servant of God), Tigrinya gabari (servant, tenant), the name of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jabartī, legendary father of the Darod Somali clan, or the Arabic word jabart (burning land), which was used to describe the territory of present-day southern Ethiopia and the home of
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Islam.
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ALei2712.pdf
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