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- This article is about the Arabic term. For other uses, see ABD (disambiguation).
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Abd (Template:Lang-ar) is an Arabic word meaning one who is totally subordinated; a slave. It appears in many common Arab names indicating submission to God. For instance Abd-Allah means "servant of Allah" It also means "worshipper of Allah". Abd also refers to slaves in Arab society, mainly made up of imported African slaves, yet many were from the Caucasus Mountains as well as Eastern Europe. Some of the latter eventually became known as the Mamluk ruling class, having procured education and military training at an early age. Abd: (Arabic Countries) This term, literally "slave" in Arabic, is used as a slur against Blacks and persons of mixed African descent. The name Abd is cognate with Hebrew "Obed", meaning "servant, worshipper".[1]
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References
- ^ William Gervase Clarence-Smith (1989). The Economics of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century. Routledge. p. 47. ISBN 0714633593.