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The Beja have partially mixed with Arabs through intermarriages over the centuries, [8] and by the 15th century, the Beja were Islamized. [8] The Balaw of the southern Red Sea coast may have come from the mixing of people from the Arab Peninsula and Beja people, but there has been significant historical dispute on this matter. [13]
The Beja kingdoms were warlike and powerful nations who were skilled at warfare. There was a Beja tribe that was described as a warrior clan. The name of the clan was Dar As-Sawa. The young men of this particular tribe were sent to military training school, where they were trained for war and combat. [2]
Hadendoa (or Hadendowa) is the name of a nomadic subdivision of the Beja people, known for their support of the Mahdiyyah rebellion during the 1880s to 1890s. [4] The area historically inhabited by the Hadendoa lies today in parts of Sudan , Egypt and Eritrea .
They are one of the major divisions of the Beja people. Apart from local dialects of Arabic, the Bishari speak the Beja language, which belongs to the Afroasiatic family of the Cushitic branch. Photo of a Bisharin man from Augustus Henry Keane's Man, Past and Present (1899)
According to Al-Yaqubi, it was one of six Beja polities that existed in the region during the 9th century. The kingdom's territory was located between Aswan and Massawa. [1] Most of the population were the native Kunama people, called "Bazin" (or sometimes Baden, Bazen
Their identification with the Beja people who have inhabited the same region since the Middle Ages is generally accepted. [3] [4] Modern Beja people, believed to be the descendants of the ancient Blemmyes.
Beja (Bidhaawyeet or Tubdhaawi) is an Afroasiatic language of the Cushitic branch spoken on the western coast of the Red Sea by the Beja people. Its speakers inhabit parts of Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea. In 2022 there were 2,550,000 Beja speakers in Sudan, and 121,000 Beja speakers in Eritrea according to Ethnologue. As of 2023 there are an ...
Beja people, an ethnic group in northeast Africa Blemmyes, historical name for this people in the ancient world; Beja language, language spoken by the Beja people; Beja Congress, a group formed primarily of Beja opposing the government of Sudan