Tippu tip autobiography of benjamin moore

Afro-Omani ivory and slave trader (c. –)

Tippu Tip, or Tippu Tib (c.

&#; June 14, ), real name Ḥamad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jumʿah ibn Rajab ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al Murjabī (Arabic: حمد بن محمد بن جمعة بن رجب بن محمد بن سعيد المرجبي), was an Afro-Omani ivory and slave owner and trader, explorer, governor and plantation owner.

Moore, Ernst D Tippoo Tib: the story of his career in Central Africa.

The narrative, which Brode called an autobiography, is Tippu Tip's account of his rise to power in the interior during the years just prior to formal.

Tippu Tip, also known as Tippu Tib, was a prominent figure in East Africa during the 19th century.

Moore, Ernst D. Moore, Ernst D. Author.

Tippu Tip, notorious to some, intriguing to others, was a Zanzibari Arab trader living in the turbulent and rapidly changing Africa of the late 19th century.

He worked for a succession of sultans of Zanzibar and was the Sultan of Uterera, a short-lived state in Kasongo, Maniema ruled by himself and his son Sefu.

Tippu Tip traded in slaves for Zanzibar's clove plantations.

As part of the large and lucrative trade, he led many trading expeditions into Central Africa, constructing profitable trading posts deep into the Congo Basin region and thus becoming the best-known slave and ivory trader in Africa, supplying much of the world with ivory from enslaved Africans.

Early life

Based on descriptions of his age at different points in his life, it is believed that Tippu Tip was born around in Zanzi