Ghadāmisī, ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd, active 19th century
Originally from Ghadames, he established a household in Timbuktu in the 1850s, if not earlier, and died in the early 1880s. Specialized in trading gold, ostrich feathers, cloth and slaves north across the Sahara. Also active in local commercial circuits of salt, foodstuffs and cloth.
- HMML ID
- 970752490286
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- Ghadāmisī, ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd, active 19th century
- HMML name
- Ghadāmisī, ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd, active 19th century
- HMML native script
- الغدامسي، عيسى بن أحميد
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Variants
- Shaʻwānī, ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd
- Sīnāwanī, ʻIsa ibn Aḥmayd
- السيناوني، عيسى بن أحميد
- الشواني، عيسى بن أحميد
Personal information
- Centuries
- 19th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place born
- Place residence
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- Occupations
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- Languages
Personal relationships
- Family
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- Associates
- N'jī ʻĪsá, active 19th century (Slave and commercial agent)
- Samba ʻĪsá, active 19th century (Slave and commercial agent)
General notes
- Description
- عيسى بن أحميد السيناوني=ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd al-Sīnāwanī
- Citations
- SAV BMH 34679, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
- Description
- عيسى بن أحميد الشواني=ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd al-Shaʻwānī
- Citations
- SAV BMH 35157, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
- Description
- ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsá ibn Muʻizz al-Shaʻwānī al-Ghadāmisī; originally from the northern Saharan oasis town of Ghadames; merchant who traded across the Sahara (gold, ostrich feathers, cloth, slaves) and traded locally in West Africa (salt, food, cloth); established a household in Timbuktu by the 1850s, died in the early 1880s, after which his sons began to direct his business
- 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.
Preferred citation
"Ghadāmisī, ʻĪsa ibn Aḥmayd, active 19th century." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified April 29, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/person/970752490286
Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-08-24
- Last edited
- 2024-04-29