Afro-Iraqis

Afro-Irakis mutanen Iraqi ne na al'adun Zanj na Afirka. A tarihi, yawansu ya taru ne a birnin Basra mai tashar jiragen ruwa na kudancin ƙasar, kasancewar Basra ita ce helkwatar cinikin bayi a Iraki.  Afro-Irakis suna jin Larabci kuma galibi suna bin addinin Musulunci. Wasu Afro-Irakis har yanzu suna iya jin Swahili tare da Larabci. 

Shugabannin Afro-Iraki sun yi iƙirarin cewa akwai kusan tsakanin 500,000 zuwa 1,500,000 na Afro-Iraki, amma ba a tabbatar da hakan ta hanyar alkalumman hukuma ba.     Asalinsu ya samo asali ne tun lokacin da Larabawa suke fataucin bayi da bauta a ƙasar Iraki tsakanin ƙarni na 9 miladiyya zuwa ƙarni na 19 miladiyya.  

Mutane da yawa sun fito daga gundumar Zubair, zuriyar mutanen da suka zo Iraki daga Gabashin Afirka. Wasu sun zo a matsayin jirgin ruwa, yayin da wasu suka zo a matsayin ’yan kasuwa, baƙi, malaman addini, ko kuma bayi a cikin ƙarni da yawa, tun daga ƙarni na 9 AD. 

 Asalin almara 
Labarin Larabawa Sarkin Kushitic Nimrod ya ketare tekun Gabashin Afirka a farkon lokaci tare da sojoji, kuma ya kafa wayewa. Da yawa  wuraren da ake da su a Iraki har yanzu ana kiran su da sunan Nimrod. Kur'ani bai ambaci Nimrod da sunan ba, amma labaran Larabawa game da Nimrod sun sa ana ambatonsa a matsayin azzalumi a al'adun Musulmi.

Al’adar Yahudawa ta ba da labarin labarin Sarki Nimrod kuma. An bayyana a cikin littafin Farawa cewa Nimrod babban mafarauci ne mai suna kuma shi ne na farko da ya gina birane bisa duniya. Ya yi mulki a Mesopotamiya, wanda ya haɗa da Iraki ta zamani.

Saboda asalin Kushitic na almara na Nimrod (wanda aka fi sani da Masarautar Kush na tarihi a yau a kudancin Masar da arewacin Sudan), da yawa sun gaskata cewa Afro-Irakis yanzu suna zaune a yankuna su ne zuriyarsa ta zahiri. Wannan ba shi yiwuwa ya zama gaskiya a zahiri ga dukkan 'yan Afro-Iraki, saboda kasancewarsu a Iraki ya samo asali ne tun ƙarni na 9 AZ, "Black Iraqis".  yayin da mulkin Kush ya ƙare a karni na 6 AZ.

 Tarihi da asali 
Duk da haka Baƙaƙen fata na Iraqi zuriyar mutanen Bantu da ke gabar tekun Gabashin Afirka, wataƙila mutanen Swahili, waɗanda aka bautar da su kuma aka kawo su Iraki a ƙarni na 9 a lokacin cinikin bayi na Larabawa zuwa bautar a cikin Halifancin Abbasiyawa don yin aiki a filayen noma ko kuma a matsayin ma'aikata. Ko da yake wasu 'yan ci-rani na Afirka sun zo Iraki a matsayin ma'aikatan ruwa da ma'aikata, yawancin an kawo su a matsayin bayi a karni na 9.  Bautar Chattel ta ci gaba har tsawon shekaru dubbai, kuma har yanzu ana fataucin bayi na Afirka zuwa Iraqin Ottoman a ƙarni na 19, kasancewar wani ɓangare na bauta a Daular Usmaniyya.

A hukumance, an hana shigo da bayi ta hanyar cinikin bayi ta Tekun Indiya na Tekun Farisa ta hanyar hana cinikin bayi a Tekun Farisa a cikin watan Janairu 1847. Wannan duk da haka haramun ne na zahiri, kuma cinikin bayi ya ci gaba. An haramta bauta a Iraki a hukumance a shekara ta 1924,Samonova, E. (2019). Modern Slavery and Bonded Labour in South Asia: A Human Rights-Based Approach. Storbritannien: Taylor & Francis.Gordon, M. (1989). Slavery in the Arab world. New York: New Amsterdam.   ta dokar sarauta da sarki Faisal na Iraƙi ya bayar.Living in the Shadows. The Enduring Marginalization of Black Iraqis

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