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The origin of the names Nubia and Nubian are contested. Based on cultural traits, some scholars believe Nubia is derived from the Ancient Egyptian: nbw "gold", [22] although there is no such usage of the term as an ethnonym or toponym that can be found in known Egyptian texts; the Egyptians referred to people from this area as the nḥsj.w.
The Danagla (Arabic: الدناقلة, "People of Dongola") are a Nubian tribe in northern Sudan [2] [3] primarily settling between the third Nile cataract and al Dabbah.Along with Kenzi, Fadicca, Halfawi, Sikot, and Mahas, they form a significant part of the Nubians.
Arabs conquered Egypt in 641AD, and were planning to attack Bilad al-Sudan, or The Land of the Blacks. That was the name Arabs used to refer to Nubia. [8] That name was still used in 1820, when Mohammed Ali Pasha or Mehmet Ali became the viceroy of Egypt. When The English came and conquered the area, they adopted the name Sudan from the Arab ...
The influx of Arabs and Nubians to Egypt and Sudan had contributed to the suppression of the Nubian identity following the collapse of the last Nubian kingdom around 1504. A vast majority of the Nubian population is currently Muslim, and the Arabic language is their main medium of communication in addition to their indigenous Nubian language.
Despite claims to Abbasid descent, the Shaigiya have been classified as Arabised Nubians. [12] They claim descent from a Hejazi Arab named Shaig, a descendant of Abbas (an uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) who came from the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century following the Arab conquest of Egypt. [13]
From an analysis of the lexicon of the Nubian languages, Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst proposes that when Nubian speakers first reached the Nile Valley ca 1500 BC, they encountered Cushitic-speaking peoples from whom they borrowed a large number of words, mainly connected with livestock production. Evidence shows that the linguistic association of ...
The Three Towns area was composed of Nubian, Arab, Sudanic, Nilotic, and European groups. [1] However, within the Mahas communities, there was a strong inclination for preserving the Mahas lineage. [1] Marriage was predominately between the Arab communities in the Nile valley. [1]
Most likely it refers to two separate groups: the Nuba, a people from southeast of Nubia, and a people later known as the Nobatae (Nubians), a group of unknown origin who invaded Nubia during the decline of Meroe, conquered the Kingdom of Kush, most likely founded the kingdoms of Nobatia and Makuria, and gave their name to Nubia itself as well ...