Afro-Jordanians are Jordanians of Black African heritage. Afro-Jordanians speak Arabic and mostly adhere to Islam. Most Afro-Jordanians are concentrated in the Southwest parts of Jordan.[2]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~60,000[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Afro-Palestinians, Afro-Syrians, Al-Akhdam, Afro-Iraqis, Afro-Saudis, Afro-Omanis |
Many Afro-Jordanians are descendants of slaves, trafficked via the Red Sea slave trade. Historically, the institution of slavery in the region of the later Jordan was reflected in the institution of slavery in the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661) slavery in the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), slavery in the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258), slavery in the Mamluk Sultanate (1258–1517) and finally slavery in the Ottoman Empire (1517–1918).
In 1921, former Ottoman Jordan was transformed into the Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946), which was a British protectorate. The British Empire, having signed the 1926 Slavery Convention as a member of the League of Nations, was obliged to investigate, report and fight slavery and slave trade in all land under direct or indirect control of the British Empire. Slavery in Transjordan was legally abolished by the British in 1929.[3][4]
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edit- ^ http://www.africanviews.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105 Jordan
- ^ http://www.africanviews.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105 Archived 2014-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Jordan
- ^ L. Layne, Linda (15 January 2019). Home and Homeland: The Dialogics of Tribal and National Identities in Jordan. Princeton University Press. p. 51. ISBN 9780691194776.
- ^ Clarence-Smith, W. G. (2020). Islam and the Abolition of Slavery. United States: Hurst.