Samba ʻĪsá, active 19th century
Commercial agent. Sanba and his brother N'jī 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
- 589519611133
- PURL
- LC name
- Samba ʻĪsá, active 19th century
- HMML name
- Samba ʻĪsá, active 19th century
- HMML native script
- سمب عيسى
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Samba Ghulām ʻĪsá
- سمب غلام عيسى
- صنب عيسى
- Ṣanbu ʻĪsá
Personal information
- Centuries
- 19th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Personal relationships
- Family
- Siblings
- Related to
- Bāba N'jī, active 20th century (Great-nephew)
- Khalīf ʻĪsá, active 20th century (Nephew)
- Associates
- Ghadāmisī, Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼī ibn ʻĪṣá, active 19th century (Master and half-sibling?)
- Ghadāmisī, ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd, active 19th century (Master)
General notes
- Description
- Ṣanbu 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: 279-297, https://www.jstor.org/stable/41480241.
- Description
- سمب غلام عيسى = Samba Ghulām ʻĪsá
- Citations
- SAV BMH 32862, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
Preferred citation
"Samba ʻĪsá, active 19th century." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified April 29, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/person/589519611133
Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-08-24
- Last edited
- 2024-04-29