The best way to get a true picture of what the original Arabs of the past looked like is to ask the original Arabs of the past themselves. So let’s take a look at what the original, pure Arabs of 1400 years ago said about the appearance of the pure Arabs.

Let’s begin with Miskeen Al Darimi the well-known, pure-blooded Arab poet of the 7th century AD. Miskeen is his nickname, but his real name is Rabee’ the son of ‘Aamir the son of Unaif the son of Shaarih the son of ‘Amru the son of Zaid the son of Abdellah the son of ‘Uds the son of Darim the son of Malik the son of Handhala the son of Zaid Manah the son of Tamim the son of Murr the son of Udd the son of Taabikha the son of Yaas the son of Mudar the son of Nizar the son Ma’add the son of Adnan.

It’s a known fact that Miskeen was black-skinned. He once proposed to a girl and she rejected him because of his blackness and his poorness. The girl later married a rich man who was from a tribe not as pure Arab as Miskeen’s tribe. Miskeen one day saw the the girl who rejected him because of his blackness and poorness sitting with her husband, who was from a tribe not as pure as Miskeen’s tribe. Miskeen stopped and said to them:

“I am Miskeen, for those who know me. My color is dark, the color of the Arabs.”

Need I say more? Didn’t Miskeen, the famous, 7th century, pure-blooded, black-skinned Arab from the famous Arab tribes of Banu Darim and Banu Tamim, say enough when he said that his black complexion is the color of the Arabs? Aren’t Miskeen’s revealing words enough proof that the original, pure Arabs were black-skinned? Would black-skinned Miskeen, who was a pure Arab from a pure Arab tribe, say that his black complexion was the color of the Arabs if his tribe (Banu Darim and Banu Tamim) and the Arabs he lived amongst weren’t a black-skinned people?

Read the following words of Al Fadl ibn Al Abbas Al Lahabi, the famous 7th century Arab poet who was from the tribe of Quraish from his father’s side of the family and his mother’s side of the family. Quraish is the same tribe that the Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) is from. His mother was Amina the daughter of Abbas, who was the uncle of the Prophet Mohamed (PBUH). So his mother was the Prophet’s cousin. His great grandfather, Abi Lahab of course was the Prophet Mohamed’s uncle. Al Fadl the son of Abbas the son of ‘Utba the son of Abi Lahab the son of Abdel Muttalib the son of Haashim said:

“I am the black-skinned one (green). I am well-known. My complexion is black (green). I am from the noble house of the Arabs. Whoever crosses swords with me will cross swords with one who is noble and strong.

“Verily the children of Abd Manaf (one of the ancestor’s of the Prophet Mohamed’s branch of Quraish) are jewels and the children of Abdel Muttalib (the grandfather of the Prophet Mohamed) embellished the jewels.

“We are a people whom Allah has built nobility for–above the noble houses of the Arabs. Through His Prophet and the Prophet’s cousin (Ali ibn Abi Talib) and the Prophet’s uncle Abbas the son of Abdel Muttalib.”

Concerning these words of Al Fadl ibn Al Abbas ibn ‘Utba ibn Abi Lahab, Ibn Mandour, of the 13th century AD, says in his well-known Arabic lexicon Lisan Al Arab, “He (Al Fadl ibn Al Abbas) says ‘I am pure’ because the color of the Arabs is dark”. Ibn Mandour further says, “It is said that he (Al Fadl) meant that he is from the purest of the Arabs because most Arabs are black-skinned”.

Ibn Berry, the well-known Arab grammarian of the 12th century AD, explains Al Fadl ibn Al Abbas’s words by saying, “…He means by this that his genealogy is pure and that he is a pure Arab because the Arabs describe their color as black and they describe the color of the non-Arab Persians as red”. Click below for original in Arabic.

Ibn Mandour further describes the pure Arabs by saying, “Lank hair is the kind of hair that most non-Arab Persians and Romans have while kinky hair is the kind of hair that most Arabs have”. Click below for original in Arabic.

There you have it–testimony from the original Arabs themselves. They have told us that the pure Arabs are black-skinned with kinky hair. They have proven beyond a shadow of doubt that the true appearance of the pure Arabs is entirely different from what people today think that a pure Arab looks like. Does it make any sense to disregard what the original, pure Arabs said about the appearance of the pure Arabs?

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And for the last comment., you contradict yourself in saying ” we arabs” do not have this thing about black and white like Europeans, and then further down saying there are “no black people ” and that the shorter dark-skinned people hold the lowest caste status. Arabs of whatever color have the same color problems to everyone else in the world. Everybody should agree to that. The fact is, like you, they may not be as contemptuous of black people but they sure are contemptuous of the black complexion equating it with slavery (as do many other people. ) They “Saudis, etc, also have the same “good hair” problem as “blacks” and people of color elsewhere. And we all no what that is. You are correct however in saying “the Arabs” also took white slaves and that “that was wrong”. In fact it was black and dark brown Arabs who were the among greatest racists and slavers and certainly the orignal black nationalists, looking down on fair skinned people thinking anyone with fair skin “resembled a slave.” Later people like Syrians and Iraqis and many fair-skinned Arabs in the peninsula today who think they are more Arabs then some of the real unmixed Arabs in Arabia just because they are dark or near black in color like you have admitted. However, even this is not the point. What is the point is that there is the Afro-Arabian heritage that is being lost and was distinct from the modern culture and yet the past is being interpreted, genetics included, on the framework of this false view of who was in Arabia in the early Islamic period. The religious foundation of three great religions of the world is based on early Arab views of life and the cosmos and these Arabs and their Sabeanism WERE VERY MUCH affiliated biologically and culturally with early “black Africans”. Finally, we will never be able to understand the true significance of these religions because we have not been permitted to learn of and acknowledge these facts due to various nationalistic inclinations of people of every sort around the world.

And for the last comment. Arabians of the early Islamic you contradict yourself in saying we arabs do not have this thing about black and white and then further down saying there are “no black people ” and the short dark-skinned people hold the lowest caste status. Arabs of whatever color problems to everyone else in the world. The fact is like you they may not be as contemptuous of black people but they sure are contemptuous of the black complexion and equating it with slavery as do many other people. You are correct however in saying the Arabs also took white slaves and that was wrong. In fact it was the Arabians who were the original slavers and racist and black nationalists, and looked down on fair skinned people thinking anyone with fair skin “resembled a slave.” Later people like Syrians and Iraqis now think they are more Arabs then some of the real Arabs in Arabia just because they are dark or near black in color like you have suggested. However, even this is not the point. What is the point is that there is the Afro-Arabian heritage that is being lost and was distinct from the modern culture and yet the past is being interpreted, genetics included, on the framework of this false view of who was in Arabia. The religious foundation of three great religions of the world is based on early Arab views of life and the cosmos which were affiliated with early “black Africans” and we will never be able to understand their true significance when the world is not permitted to acknowledge this fact because of various nationalistic inclinations of people around the world.

Lastly, dark skinned, frizzy haired people in Arabia called themselves “the blacks” and none of them were “Negritos” in the sense of brachycephalic peoples of the Maldives or southern India. The short types in Arabia are likely descendants of Nilotic Mushabians who settled the Near East first influencing the late Natufian culture of Jordan. The Ghassulian Chalcolithic culture also probably contributed to the small attenuated limbed people found along the coasts including the red sea coast in Africa and was probably related to the proto-Egyptians and Beja and early Saharans. Meanwhile tribes like the Yafii, Yahar, Mahra, Ruhaweyn, Wubar and other Qahtan of modern Arabia (or so called Jocktanides) are found on both sides of the Red sea and are obviously Ethiopian and Somali related who skeletal types are probably related to the Saharan neolithic cultures as indicated by the similarities in techniques of painted rock art of the Syro-Arabian deserts to those of the Sahara.

There are no true “Negritos” per say in Arabia and yes so-called “Negritos” further east Asia cluster with other Asians but also with so called San types. The types that used to be called “Negritos” in Arabia because they were short as the Shihu or Shuwa (Shihiyyin or Shuwaiyyen of the Persian Gulf) are actually full -blooded Arabians who have preserved the early physical types once spread from Northern Africa to Indonesia and probably represented by the short kinky haired types of Dravidians, and early occupants of Elam .

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Very sorry I have not been on the site and didn’t see your question about my site. I will definitely be in touch about it, but am shooting for the end of March this year at the latest! Sorry again for the delay in response.