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
- LC name
- N'jī ʻĪsá, active 19th century
- HMML name
- N'jī ʻĪsá, active 19th century
- HMML native script
- انجي عيسى
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
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
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Personal relationships
- Family
- Siblings
- Children
- Related to
- Khalīf ʻĪsá, active 20th century (Grandchild)
- Ghadāmisī, Faṭima Surayah bint ʻĪsá, active 19th century (Half-sibling)
- Associates
- Muḥammad ibn Ṭālib, active 19th century (Correspondent)
- Ghadāmisī, ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd, active 19th century (Master)
- Ghadāmisī, Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼī ibn ʻĪṣá, active 19th century (Master and half-sibling?)
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