Black People : Origin of the Term Moor?

[tyab14]

Exercerpted from a piece by James E. Brunson and Runako Rashidi


Althought scholar generally agree that the word Moor is derived from Mauri, there are profound disagreements on what the word originally meant and how it was applied. Hitti contends that the term Moor has a geographic designation meaning Western. Hitti, the author of the comprehensive History of the Arabs write that:

The Romans called Western Africa Mauretania and its inhabitants Mauri (presumably of Phoenician origin meaning western), whence the Spanish Moro, and the English Moor. The Berbers, therefore, were the Moors proper, but the term was conventionally applied to all Moslems of the Spain and north-western Africa.

Using Greek and Roman sources, Snowden has pointed out that Mauri (a northwest African people whose color received frequent notice) were described as nigri (black) and adusti (scorched). The Roman dramatist Platus maintainted that the Latin word Maurus was a synonym for Niger. In contrasting the Moors of the sixth century with another racial group in North Africa, Procopius wrote that tey were not black skinned like the Moors. Isidore, a Catholic scholar and the Archbishop of Seville wrote that the word Maurus meant black.

What was the term Moor originally meant to describe? Is it a vague term?? What yah'll know about this??

 

[Knowledge Seed]

Exercerpted from a piece by James E. Brunson and Runako Rashidi


Althought scholar generally agree that the word Moor is derived from Mauri, there are profound disagreements on what the word originally meant and how it was applied. Hitti contends that the term Moor has a geographic designation meaning Western. Hitti, the author of the comprehensive History of the Arabs write that:

The Romans called Western Africa Mauretania and its inhabitants Mauri (presumably of Phoenician origin meaning western), whence the Spanish Moro, and the English Moor. The Berbers, therefore, were the Moors proper, but the term was conventionally applied to all Moslems of the Spain and north-western Africa.

Using Greek and Roman sources, Snowden has pointed out that Mauri (a northwest African people whose color received frequent notice) were described as nigri (black) and adusti (scorched). The Roman dramatist Platus maintainted that the Latin word Maurus was a synonym for Niger. In contrasting the Moors of the sixth century with another racial group in North Africa, Procopius wrote that tey were not black skinned like the Moors. Isidore, a Catholic scholar and the Archbishop of Seville wrote that the word Maurus meant black.

What was the term Moor originally meant to describe? Is it a vague term?? What yah'll know about this??

As far as I know, Moor means Black

 

[Omowale Jabali]

Exercerpted from a piece by James E. Brunson and Runako Rashidi


Althought scholar generally agree that the word Moor is derived from Mauri, there are profound disagreements on what the word originally meant and how it was applied. Hitti contends that the term Moor has a geographic designation meaning Western. Hitti, the author of the comprehensive History of the Arabs write that:

The Romans called Western Africa Mauretania and its inhabitants Mauri (presumably of Phoenician origin meaning western), whence the Spanish Moro, and the English Moor. The Berbers, therefore, were the Moors proper, but the term was conventionally applied to all Moslems of the Spain and north-western Africa.

Using Greek and Roman sources, Snowden has pointed out that Mauri (a northwest African people whose color received frequent notice) were described as nigri (black) and adusti (scorched). The Roman dramatist Platus maintainted that the Latin word Maurus was a synonym for Niger. In contrasting the Moors of the sixth century with another racial group in North Africa, Procopius wrote that tey were not black skinned like the Moors. Isidore, a Catholic scholar and the Archbishop of Seville wrote that the word Maurus meant black.

What was the term Moor originally meant to describe? Is it a vague term?? What yah'll know about this??

Gerald Massey tried to explain this is one of his books. The word actually comes from the word "Mor" which means Great.

Peace

 

[Omowale Jabali]

Gerald Massey tried to explain this is one of his books. The word actually comes from the word "Mor" which means Great.

Peace

One more thing...there are many variations of this word as names suc as Amauri, Mory (As in Mory Kante) and Omari. In fact if one replaces the A in these names with an O it means "Son of" (as it does in scotch/irish who got this from Kemet, according to Irish Pedigrees). So, "Amery" would mean Son of Mery.
Sound confusing? Thats one reason genealogy research is of importance.

 

[Knowledge Seed]

Does anybody know what language the moors spoke, prior to Arab contact?