What does Shabazz mean?
Shabazz is the Arabic form of the Aramawi word Shapazz which literally means “noble” but also refers to descendants of Shapazz (Shabazz) one of our revered ancestors. It is recorded from very early in our history as a tribal\ethnic designation for our people alongside the name Aramawi (the exalted people) that later came to be called Hai Ko`ptah (those of the house of Ko`ptah), Copt or Egyptian. (e.g. – When Pharaoh Khufu prepared to summon a prisoner to be beheaded so the lector priest Djedi could demonstrate his magic and resurrect him, Djedi said,”Never so. Not an Aramawi Sovereign my Lord. It is forbidden to do so to the ‘At Shapazziah (i.e. – the Noble Flock\Tribe of Shabazz)”.
