Shabazz_(name)

Shabazz (name)

Shabazz (name)

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Shabazz (Arabic: شَبَازّ, romanized: Shabāzz) is the name of a supposed black architect whose tribe founded the populations of Africa according to the doctrine of the Nation of Islam (NOI). It is similar to the Persian name Shahbaz.

The name was adopted by Malcolm X, initially when he joined the NOI. Born Malcolm Little, by 1949 he was signing letters as "Malachi Shabazz", before taking the name "Malcolm X". After returning from his pilgrimage in Mecca, he finally adopted the title and name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, seen as symbolic of his spiritual journey to Orthodox Islam. The surname was borne by his wife Betty Shabazz and his children and has also been adopted by unrelated persons.

Origin

Further information: Tribe of Shabazz and Shahbaz

A 1994 article in The American Muslim claims that the name is from the Arabic words sha‘b (Arabic: شَعْب, lit. 'a people'), and ‘azz (Arabic: عَزّ, lit. 'mighty or glorious'). There is also a similar (but etymologically unrelated) Persian name, Shahbâz, meaning "royal falcon". Indicating "royalty and nobility", the name is popular with Bosnian, Turkish, Indian and Pakistani Muslims.[1]

In his book Message to the Blackman in America, Elijah Muhammad wrote that African Americans (then called Negroes) are descended from an ancient tribe by that name:

[God] has declared that we [the so-called Negroes] are descendants of the Asian Black Nation and the tribe of Shabazz.[2]

People

Notable people with the name include:

The family of Malcolm X

Rappers

A number of rappers have adopted "Shabazz" as part of their stage names to express an affinity with Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, or the Black power movement more broadly.

Others

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Monastra, Yahya (14 February 2007) [1994]. "The name "Shabazz": Where did it come from?". The American Muslim (TAM).
  2. [2]
    Muhammad, Elijah (1965). "Original Man Know Thyself". Message to the Blackman in America. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22 – via seventhfam.com.

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