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Qambar (person)

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Qambar (Arabic: قمبر) was a freed slave of the Rashid Caliph, Ali.[1] According to some traditions, he was Ali's groom.[2][3] [4][5]

References

  1. ^ Slaves in the History of Islam
  2. ^ Reichl, Karl. "Islamic Spirituality in Turkic Oral Epics". UNESCO International Forum "Culture and Religion in Central Asia" (Kyrgyzstan, September, 1999): 7.
  3. ^ "Dhuldul". ismaili.net.
  4. ^ "Sheedis have been hurt most by attitudes". Dawn. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 30 Dec 2013. Sindhi Sheedis call themselves Qambrani, out of reverence for Hazrat Qambar, a servant of Hazrat Ali (AS).
  5. ^ Shah, Anish M.; et al. (15 July 2011). "Indian Siddis: African Descendants with Indian Admixture". American Journal of Human Genetics. 89 (1): 154–161. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.05.030. PMC 3135801. PMID 21741027.