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History of Slavery in Iran
It All Started by Islam!
Ahreeman X
April 21, 2007


Persian in Chain
Islam approves and promotes slavery.
Branding of Persians: A Muslim Iranian is nothing but a slave to his own ignorance.


Friends, Comrades, and Fellow Persians:

Due to the popular demand, I shall put this issue under the microscope! This is an issue often obscured by the clouds of Shiite and tradition!


There Were No Slavery in Iran before Islam

Slavery was basically non-existent in Persian Empire before Islam. Persians, unlike Romans, Egyptians, Greeks and many others, had never openly practiced slavery. As a matter of fact Persians were anti slavery and the best example was freedom of 42,000 Jews from slavery of Babylon by Cyrus The Great. There were differences in social classes in Iran before Islam, but that was the norm of the world back then! However, there were no slavery practiced in Persian Empire before Islam.

When Islam came to Persia, slavery came along with it. Arabs took many Persians as slaves, basically young boys and girls. Young girls were forced to become concubines and young boys were forced to become Boy Toys. Strong and bigger boys had become slave labor for Muslim. Persian women were sent by tens of thousands to Arabian Peninsula, the largest slave shipment at one time was 40,000 Persians shipped to Arabia. Basically Iranians became third rate citizens.

First Rate = Arabs
Second Rate = Other Muslim
Third Rate = Persians

And this was the glory of Islam!

Times went by and a new species of Persians had been developed by Arabo-Muslim. Through rape and force marriage with the Persian women, Arabs had created bastard babies who eventually became the famous Half-Breeds or the present Seyeds and Seyedehs also known as the descendants of Prophet Mohammed. At this point, slavery was practiced by Arabo-Muslim, Half Breeds, and other Persian Traitors (Persian Muslim).

Of course today, it is good to declare to the world that one is a half-breed bastard. As we can see, Seyeds and Seyedehs are the highest class of Mullahs and Zeynab Sisters inside Iran. Even outside Iran, we can see that Ex Empress Farah Pahlavi and Ex Prince Reza Pahlavi II are very proud that Arabs had raped their ancestors and granted them the title of Seyeds and Seyedehs. They are deeply proud of their roots going back to Mohammed and their bastardized racial characteristics! In the past, Farah had openly declared that she is both Seyedeh of Hassani and Husseini, whoopi doo, what glory! For more information, read:

The Dialogue Reza Pahlavi II Could Not Enter!

Of course depending on when and which way the wind blows, these issues suddenly become most evident with the Pahlavis! One day they are Seyeds and the next day, they are pure Aryan Persians! One day the tabloids write about Seyed Reza Pahlavi and the next day they write about Cyrus Reza Pahlavi. Pahlavis enjoy eating the bread by the rate of the day! May Allah bless and protect the Pahlavi Family!

During the 222 years of occupation, Iran imported slaves from Africa such as Ethiopia. These Blacks became house slaves, servants, and land workers in Iran. The term "Nokar-e Khan-e Zad" (House Nigger) is a popular Persian Term which has been originated from those times. Slavery was a norm during 222 years of Islamic Empire and Persia under occupation of Islam.

222 Years of Struggle for Independence of Iran

Even though, you hear many stories of how Mohammed bought the freedom to some slaves and set them free and how some Blacks like "Bilal Habashi" were amongst his first followers, yet all these cases were a small fraction compare to the norm of the social system during the early days of Islam. The truth is that Slavery was a normal practice in Islamic Empire from beginning until this day in North Africa. Mohammed himself had a number of concubines who forced them to have sex with him, he had two major ones who were just his sex slaves and two others were forced to marry him. The two non-Muslim Concubines of Mohammed whom were captured in the battle and forced to have sex with him, were "Maria" (Christian) and Rayhana (Jewish). After the battle with the Jewish tribe of Bani Quraiza, and enslavement of women and children by Mohammed, Muslim practically dragged Rayhana into Mohammed's tent! Rayhana was crying and mourning for her husband's (Tribal Chief) death by the order of Mohammed, but in the same night that Mohammed massacred the Jews and their Tribal Leader in cold blood, he also forced himself upon the Jewish Tribal Lord's wife. Mohammed was so passionate towards the wife, he tried to marry her, but she would not accept, yet Mohammed forced her into having sex with him and turned her in to one of his concubines. In later years Rayhana tried to poison Mohammed, cause she saw no way out of the arms of the Beast! Of course as always, the Muslim twist the story and preach that:

"O Prophet was so forgiving and even though Rayhana tried to poison him, yet he had forgiven her!"

In simple language, meaning that Mohammed kept on raping her even after she tried to kill him!

Jews, Christians and women from other occupied territories were openly traded as slaves. Until this day, we can see that Blacks are traded by Arabs in North Africa and also the Indian, Pakistani, and even poor Iranian little village girls and boys are smuggled and sold to Arab Sheiks of southern Gulf States as sex toys, sex slaves, camel jockies for camel races and harem servants.


Slavery according to Quran and Hadith

Let us take a cruise in history, let's analyze Mohammed's words or shall we say Allah's words on the issue. We will state Quran's verses word by word and then some bits of wisdom from the Hadith, shall we?!


Slavery in Quran

"O you who believe! retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the slain, the free for the free, and the slave for the slave, and the female for the female, but if any remission is made to any one by his aggrieved brother, then prosecution for the bloodwit should be made according to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner; this is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy; so whoever exceeds the limit after this he shall have a painful chastisement."
Quran: Sura 2 (The Cow): Verse 178

As we see, retaliation for murder and other crimes was originally sanctioned by Arabian usage, yet accepted and permitted by Mohammed! It is openly said that a Freeman could be killed for the murder of a Freeman and the same goes for a Freewoman and a Slave. The mention of these three categories quite casually indicates that slavery was accepted along with the two other categories as an acceptable social class for a normal human being.

"Allah sets forth a parable: A slave, the property of another, has no power over anything, and one whom We have granted from Ourselves a goodly sustenance so he spends from it secretly and openly; are the two alike? Praise is due to Allah!"
Quran: Sura 16 (The Bee): Verse 75

In this verse, we see the clear justification of the institute of slavery by Allah! This "parable" separates the two people, a slave who is owned by the Freeman and is completely powerless and the Freeman on whom Allah has granted "a goodly sustenance". The Freeman can openly or secretly use his slaves for labor and sexual joys.

Notice how in many verses of Quran, Allah gives so much credit to himself: "Praise is due to Allah!" It seems like Allah is an Arab megalomaniac sadistic psychopath!

"And it does not behoove a believer to kill a believer except by mistake, and whoever kills a believer by mistake, he should free a believing slave, and blood-money should be paid to his people unless they remit it as alms; but if he be from a tribe hostile to you and he is a believer, the freeing of a believing slave, and if he is from a tribe between whom and you there is a covenant, the blood-money should be paid to his people along with the freeing of a believing slave; but he who cannot find a slave should fast for two months successively ..."
Quran: Sura 4 (The Women): Verse 92

For those specific "Muslim Apologists" who always tend to put Shiite on Shingle and interpret Quran, we have the exact translation of the text from Arabic over here! Let's go word by word. They say Mohammed urged the general freedom of slaves, yet this is certainly not the case here! What this verse tells us, is that Manslaughter (killing by mistake) of a Muslim by another Muslim could be paid for by freeing one slave for each act of manslaughter! The freeing of the slave is a penalty imposed on the offending Muslim for his act of manslaughter! If one had no slave to free, then he had to fast for two months! Look how valuable the human life is in Islam!

"And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having need of women, or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful."
Quran: Sura 24 (The Light): Verse 31

"Those whom their right hands possess" means slaves.
"The male servants not having need of women" means Eunuchs Servants (Neuters).

So they had slaves and eunuch harem guards in Islamic Empire.
This verse is very clear and self-explanatory!

Notice how so many males in the family are Halaal to see a woman's ornaments and private parts? Obviously Mohammed being a known incest lover, pedophile and pervert was keen on allowing so many men to be Halaal to peak on one woman!

"Successful indeed are the believers, Who are humble in their prayers, And who keep aloof from what is vain, And who are givers of poor-rate, And who guard their private parts, Except before their mates or those whom their right hands possess, for they surely are not blamable."
Quran: Sura 23 (The Believers): Verses 1 - 6

Above Sura gives the slave owner the right of sexual access to his female and male slaves. The term "guarding the private parts" is a synonym for sexual intercourse, and it is said that this is not blamable if one indulges with his wives and slaves.

"And let those who do not find the means to marry keep chaste until Allah makes them free from want out of His grace. And for those who ask for a writing from among those whom your right hands possess, give them the writing if you know any good in them, and give them of the wealth of Allah which He has given you; and do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, when they desire to keep chaste, in order to seek the frail good of this world's life; and whoever compels them, then surely after their compulsion Allah is Forgiving, Merciful."
Quran: Sura 24 (The Light): Verse 33

Again Quran talks about: "Those whom their right hands possess"! This is the official term for "Slaves" that one owns. It was kind of like a politically correct term in Arabia back then! This verse clearly justifies Slavery and in addition, Prostitution! As more as we read Quran, we basically open a can of worms, which eventually turns to a Barrel of Poisonous Snakes! Further we read Quran, we see how it has so many Flaws, Twists and turns, Perversions, Corruption, Inhuman Verses and Piles of Garbage in it!

"O Prophet! surely We have made lawful to you your wives whom you have given their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses out of those whom Allah has given to you as prisoners of war, and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who fled with you; and a believing woman if she gave herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desired to marry her -- specially for you, not for the other believers; We know what We have ordained for them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess in order that no blame may attach to you; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful."
Quran: Sura 33 (The Clans): Verse 50

Just listen to this Pile O Garbage! So basically every single woman, Muslim or non-Muslim is Halaal for Mohammed! But not to worry that other Muslim Men might rebel against Mohammed, because Allah is merciful, and he also gave the other Muslim Men, a few wives and slaves to have sex with! According to Allah, Mohammed can bang "All" and Muslim men can also bang a few! What a religion! Quran is not a holy book, but a reference guide for orgy and S&M!

"Allah sets forth an example: There is a slave in whom are several partners differing with one another, and there is another slave wholly owned by one man. Are the two alike in condition? All praise is due to Allah. Nay! most of them do not know."
Quran: Sura 39 (The Companions): Verses 29

In this case Mohammed compares joint ownership of a slave by many owners and the sole ownership by one person. Mohammed asks whether the two cases are the same? Hell no! They are not and it is clear that Mohammed prefers sole ownership! In fact this is why he established the rule that after a military campaign the captives were allocated to each of his Bedouin soldiers individually not collectively, with himself keeping one-fifth of the captives as his personal slaves or concubines! Quran refers to slaves the same as cattle!

Basically Allah had given Mohammed the right to own slaves, concubines and one-fifth of "Qanima" (Property won in battle or loots). Allah is merciful!


Slavery in Hadith

The text is plain and clear that all prisoners of war must either be killed or become slaves. The ancient scholars are in full agreement over this issue, such as Ibn Timiyya, Ibn Hisham, Ibn Malik, etc.

"The root of the beginning of slavery is prisoners of war; the bounties have become lawful to the nation of Mohammed."
Ibn Timiyya (Vol. 32, p. 89)

Next, clearly and without shame, he states:

"Slavery is justified because of the war itself; however, it is not permissible to enslave a free Muslim. It is lawful to kill the infidel or to enslave him, and it also makes it lawful to take his offspring into captivity."
Ibn Timiyya (Vol. 31, p. 380)

So Islam not only allows for Muslim to capture slaves in wars, yet the sons and daughters of these slaves are also legal properties of the captor Muslim!

"According to Islamic law of Sharia' concerning prisoners of war, the decision is left to the Muslim Imam. He has the choice either to kill them or to exchange them for Muslim captives, or to enslave them. This is in regard to men, but women and children are not permitted to be killed, but must be exchanged to redeem Muslim captives or enslaved - take them as slaves and maids."
Ibn Hashim: "Prophet's Biography" (Al-Road Al-Anf') (Part 4, p. 177)

Islam is so kind to infidel women and children!

This question was delivered to Ibn Timiyya who was Mufti of Islam:

"A man married a maid-slave who bore him a child. Would that child be free or would he be an owned slave?"
Ibn Timiyya (Vol. 31, p. 376 - 377)

Ibn Timiyya replied:

"Her child whom she bore from him would be the property of her master according to all the Imams (heads of the four Islamic schools of law) because the child follows the status of his mother in freedom or slavery. If the child is not of the race of Arabs, then he is definitely an owned slave according to the scholars, but the scholars disputed his status among themselves if he was from the Arabs - whether he must be enslaved or not, because when A'isha (Mohammed's wife) had a maid-slave who was an Arab, Mohammed told A'isha, `Set this maid free because she is from the children of Ishmael.'"

As we see, even the Arab slaves had a higher status than non-Arab slaves!

Let's talk about Mohammed The Slave Owner:

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya "one of the greatest scholars of Islam" in "Zad al-Ma'ad" (his book) writes:

"Mohammed had many male and female slaves. He used to buy and sell them, but he purchased more slaves than he sold, especially after God empowered him by His message, as well as after his immigration from Mecca. He once sold one black slave for two. His name was Jacob al-Mudbir. His purchases of slaves were more than he sold. He was used to renting out and hiring many slaves, but he hired more slaves than he rented out."
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya in "Zad al-Ma'ad" (Part I, p. 160)

As we see, Mohammed was not only a slave owner, but a master Slave Trader!


Mohammed's Male Slaves

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya relies on the prophet's biographies written by great ancient scholars; therefore, he is regarded by Muslims as an authority, a primary source and a leader among the students of Islam.

"These were the names of Mohammed's male slaves:
Yakan Abu Sharh, Aflah, Ubayd, Dhakwan, Tahman, Mirwan, Hunayn, Sanad, Fadala Yamamin, Anjasha, Al Hadi, Mad'am, Karkara, Abu Rafi', Thawban, Ab Kabsha, Salih, Rabah, Yara Nubyan, Fadila, Waqid, Mabur, Abu Waqid, Kasam, Abu 'Ayb, Abu Muwayhiba, Zayd Ibn Haritha, and also a black slave called Mahran, who was re-named (by Mohammed) to Safina (ship)."

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya: "Zad al-Ma'ad" (his book) (part 1, p. 114, 115, and 116)

Now allow me to mention an important event here,


Story of Zayd and Zaynab

One of Mohammed's slaves was "Zayd Ibn Haritha". Mohammed set him free and adopted him as his son, then he married him to his cousin Zaynab. Later Zayd divorced Zaynab after he realized that Mohammed was captivated by her. The scandalous story is documented by verses in the Qur'an, and Muslim scholars admit it.

The story goes that one day Mohammed was passing by Zaynab's quarters and accidentally his eyes caught upon Zaynab's naked body while changing clothes. Mohamed was so turned on by Zaynab that he developed a passion for her. Later on Mohammed forced Zayd to divorce her, so he could have married her! Eventually Zaynab became one of Mohammed's many wives. So Mohammed married his own cousin and daughter in law. By today's standards, this is called incest! By moral standards, this is called sick and twisted, disgusting and perverted behavior.


Mohammed's Female Salves

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya in "Zad al-Ma'ad" (his book) continues:

"These are the names of Mohammed's Female slaves (Maid Slaves or Concubines):
Salma Um Rafi', Maymuna daughter of Abu Asib, Maymuna daughter of Sa'd, Khadra, Radwa, Razina, Um Damira, Rayhana, Mary the Coptic, in addition to two other maid-slaves, one of them given to him as a present by his cousin, Zaynab, and the other one captured in a war."

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya: "Zad al-Ma'ad" (his book) (Volume One, p. 116)

So in addition to 21 wives, by average Mohammed also owned 11 concubines and female sex slaves. Life under Allah was very good to Mohammed!

By now, it should be pretty clear for all, on where did Mohammed, Quran and Allah stand on slavery, prostitution, infidels and Hypocrisy. Let's get back to Iran.


Slave Liberation in Iran

After the liberation of Iran by Yaqub Leis Saffarid, eventually the tradition of slavery had faded away. The method that was practiced in Iran by the government, to end the slavery, was a gradual system. They had to do something with all the slaves; therefore, they started to ship all the slaves back to East Africa. Majority of slaves brought by Arabo-Muslim and Persian Muslim to Iran were shipped back to East Africa. Little by little Saffarids had started this task. During Safavids these shipments continued heavily, during Afsharids semi heavily until that during Zand Dynasty, we barely had any slaves left in Iran. Ethiopians, Somalians, Sudanese, others were practically put on the ships on Persian Gulf and taken back to Horn of Africa. That was the Persian solution to the question of slavery.

What America, after the civil war wanted to accomplish with their own slaves by shipping them back to West Africa, the Persian Empire had actually accomplished by shipping the majority of their slaves back to East Africa.

However, the minority of slaves had remained in Iran and basically became under two groups:

1. First group remained as house slaves and many integrated and mixed with Persians and other races. As you see, we have Mixed races, Semi Dark, and very Dark Skinned people in Iran with some African Features and they are all over Iran especially in south central and south.

2. Second group moved to South in Khuzestan, Bushehr, and Hormozgan states of the Gulf shores. This group did not integrate and intermixed as much as the first group. As we see today, we have Black people in south Iran. Our Blacks look different than American Blacks. Our blacks are East African looking, usually with lighter skin than American Blacks, yet with Black features like Afro hair, wide nose, fat lips, etc. But our Blacks are often either:

Half Black/Half Arabs of South
or
East African Blacks of South

So eventually Iranian Blacks were not slaves anymore, some remained as house servants, land labors (peasants) and physical labors, and others went south and lived an independent life of their own. Unlike US blacks who moved from South to North and West to be free, Iranian Blacks were moved to South to build their own lives.

Of course by Qajar era, we had no slaves in Iran. Well, practically even during Zand, we barely had any slaves in Iran. But practice of slavery was basically a norm during occupation of Arabo-Muslim for 222 years. Even afterwards during Mongols, Turkmen, and Turk invasions, slavery had existed and well practiced. As we know that people owned slaves during Arab, Mongol, Turkmen and Turkish occupations of Iran.


Persian Slave Terms

The terms:
Qolam, Kaka Siyah, Dade, Lale, Qolam Zangi, Zangi, Nokar-e Khan-e Zad, etc.
are all having slave roots and used to be the terms for Blacks or Mixed Blacks in Iran. The English equal would be "Negro Boy" or "Colored Missy".

The traditional Persian comedy acts known as "Siyah Bazi" are also having slave roots and "Siyah" was the original slave figure which later on became the free slave turned servant and played the role of the House Servant.

Even the Nowruz character "Haji Firuz" who is the Black Servant of "Amu Nowruz" who is the equivalent of "Santa Clause" in Iran, did not exist as a Black man before Islam, yet there were many "Haji Firuz" characters who brought the news of Nowruz (Persian New Year) to the public every year by playing musical instruments (Daf) and singing. After Islam "Haji Firuz" became a single Black servant of "Amu Nouruz" (Uncle New Year)!

As you see unlike the propaganda heard by the "Muslim Apologists", Islam had brought slavery to Iran. Islam was not the liberator of peasants and lower classes of Iranians from oppression of Sassanid, yet it actually opened up the slave trades and markets in Iran, which even lasted for hundreds of years.

If Iranian Government would have not shipped the slaves back to Africa, we would have a huge number of Iranian blacks today (same as USA) and our Black population would have been much larger than just a few in south.

Now I am not even going to start to talk about how the other minorities in Iran were seemingly free but in fact living a slave-like life! I am talking about religious and ethnic minorities such as Iranian Jews, Christians, Armenians, Assyrians, Bahai and even Zoroastrians as different faiths and Kurds, Baluchis, Lors, Turkmen Orientals, Indians and others as different ethnicities!

The facts are that:
a) Persian Empire before Islam did not practice slavery.
b) Islam was the religion of enslavement and far from the ideology of Liberation!

Just a bit history for you guys to chew on. Of course you do not hear about these facts because:

a) Not many people are historians or even have studies in history
b) Shiite propaganda is too strong so the revision of truth is 180 degrees from the reality!

You See, it is up to us to teach the true history of what has really happened since 651 AD in Persia, to the Iranian Youth. It is up to us to enlighten the youth about mass murders and enslavements of their ancestors by Arabo-Muslim or as I refer to it as:

"The Persian Holocaust"

For more information read:

Ctesiphone in Smoke, Fire and Blood - Review

Alas, yet thousands alas that majority are uninformed of their true history and culture, but isn't this the sole reason that IPC exists? To inform the next generation so they will not repeat the:

"Sins of The Fathers of 1979"?!

IPC is here to protect and serve the Persian Culture.

Truth shall always come out from beneath the dark clouds of ignorance, like a shining sun...
The resistance to AIOG (Arabo-Islamic Occupational Government) of Qom will continue...
We shall make sure of it, thus we are here to protect and serve the Persian Culture.

More power to all Freedom Fighters of Iran

Amen


Pure Persian Pride

Dr. X

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