Washirazi

Washirazi (pia: Wambwera) ni kabila la watu wa visiwa vya Bahari Hindi, hasa vile vya Zanzibar na KomoroTanzania Ethnic Groups, East Africa Living Encyclopedia, accessed 28 June 2010. 

Asili yao inahushishwa na Shiraz na pwani ya Uajemi. 

Washirazi walichangia sana uenezi wa Uislamu, uanzishaji wa usultani wa Waarabu na lugha ya Kiswahili, pamoja na kutajirika kwa biashara ya watumwa na bidhaa mbalimbali kutoka bara la Afrika iliyofanyika kutoka vituo vyao visiwani., Quote: "The Shirazi were classified as native, that is, Africans, and this they were of low status. Prior to the colonial era, the Shirazi and Arabs saw themselves, for the most part, as one community. (...) Unlike the previous periods in which African captives were usually taken to Persian Gulf areas to work primarily as domestic laborers, by the nineteenth century, most slaves were being utlized on the vast clove and plantations on the East African coast and offshore islands. (...) Arab rule, from this period until its demise at the hands of the European powers, became virtually synonymous with slavery and slave ownership." (...) "Though Shirazi ownership of slaves was never as extensive as the Arabs, slaves were a major source of their wealth"

Hadi leo karibu wote wanaongea lahaja za Kiswahili na kufuata dini ya Uislamu.

Katika karne ya 20 jina la "Shirazi" lilipata umaarufu wa kimataifa wakati wapinzani wa utawala wa Kiarabu kisiwani Unguja walifanya mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kwa jina la "Afro Shirazi Party" iliyoendelea kutawala Zanzibar hadi mwaka 1977 ilipounganika na TANU ya bara na kuwa Chama cha Mapinduzi na hivyo kuacha jina lake.

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