Omar ibn sayyid autobiography of benjamin
Omar ibn sayyid autobiography of benjamin
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Omar ibn Said
Islamic scholar, enslaved in the United 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 of his life, he wrote a series of Arabic-language works on history and theology, including a short autobiography.
Biography
Omar ibn Said was born to a wealthy family in what would in a few years become the Imamate of Futa Toro,[2] an Islamic theocratic state located along the Middle Senegal River in West Africa.[3] He was an Islamic scholar and a Fula who spent 25 years of his life studying with prominent Muslim scholars, learning a range of subjects including mathematics, astronomy, business, and theology.[4] In , he was captured during a military conflict, enslaved and taken across the Atlantic Ocean