N'jī ʻĪsá, active 19th century

Commercial agent. N'jī and his brother Samba worked for the trader ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd al-Ghadāmisī under a servile relationship, and later for his son, Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼī, who was possibly their half-brother. At some point both were manumitted but continued to work on behalf of the family.

HMML ID
488254748178
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/488254748178
LC name
N'jī ʻĪsá, active 19th century
HMML name
N'jī ʻĪsá, active 19th century
HMML native script
انجي عيسى
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2024034832
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/29171261843625281436

Variants

  • Anjay ʻĪsá
  • N'dji ʻĪsá
  • N'jī Ghulām ʻĪsá
  • Njī ibn ʻĪsá
  • Njī ʻĪsá
  • انجي بن عيسى
  • انجي غلام عسيى

Personal information

Centuries
19th century CE
Gender
Males
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General notes

Description
Anjay ʻĪsá; one of the 2 most important slaves within the al-Ghadāmisī family in Timbuktu who acted as a commercial agent for his master, ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsá ibn Muʻizz al-Shaʻwānī al-Ghadāmisī
Citations
Bruce S. Hall, "How Slaves Used Islam: The Letters of Enslaved Muslim Commercial Agents in the Nineteenth-Century Niger Bend and Central Sahara," Journal of African History 52, no. 3 (2011: 281, https://www.jstor.org/stable/41480241.
Description
انجي بن عيسى = Njī ibn ʻĪsá
Citations
SAV BMH 34701, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
Description
انجي عيسى = Njī ʻĪsá
Citations
SAV BMH 33737, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.

Preferred citation

"N'jī ʻĪsá, active 19th century." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified April 29, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/person/488254748178

Change notes

Date added
2023-08-24
Last edited
2024-04-29