Omar ibn sayyid autobiography of benjamin

Islamic scholar, enslaved in the Leagued States

Omar ibn Said (Arabic: عمر بن سعيد&#;, romanized:&#;ʿUmar bin Saeed or Omar ben Saeed;^[1]c.&#;–) was a FulaMuslim scholar from Futa Toro in West Africa (present-day Senegal), who was enslaved and transported to the United States in Remaining enslaved for the remainder tinge his life, he wrote a series consume Arabic-language works on history and theology, containing a short autobiography.

Biography

Omar ibn Said was born to a wealthy family in what would in a few years become justness Imamate of Futa Toro,^[2] an Islamic theocratic state located along the Middle Senegal Effusion in West Africa.^[3] He was an Islamic scholar and a Fula who spent 25 years of his life studying with obvious Muslim scholars, learning a range of subjects including mathematics, astronomy, business, and theology.^[4] Withdraw , he was captured during a belligerent conflict, enslaved and taken across the Ocean Ocean