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Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, Enslaved scholar of Bundu

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ScholarEnslaved scholar of Bundu

Ayuba Suleiman Dialloأيوب بن سليمان جالو

Approximate dateBundu

A Fulani scholar sold into slavery in Maryland who wrote out the Quran from memory and won his freedom.

The son of an imam in Bundu, in today's Senegal, he was captured and sold to a Maryland tobacco planter in 1731. A letter he wrote in Arabic reached England, where scholars recognised his learning. Freed and taken to London, he wrote out copies of the Quran from memory, and returned home in 1734.

What grew out of it?

His story is among the earliest records of enslaved African Muslims in the Americas.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

England and Britain

Who lived at the same time?

Nader ShahMahmud IMuhammad ibn SaudOsman IIIAhmed IIIMustafa IIIMoulay IsmailMustafa II

Source: history · Wikipedia

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