Rashaida people

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Rashaida Tribe

The children from a family of the Rashaida tribe in the Eritrean lowlands
Total population
220,000 - 270,000
Regions with significant populations

Saudi Arabia, Sudan:
120,000[citation needed]

Eritrea:100,000 [1]
Languages
Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Map with the extent of the Rashaida people.

The Rashaida or Rashaayda (also see Bani Rasheed) (Arabic: بني رشيد, الرشايدة) are an Arab tribe populating Eritrea and north-east Sudan.[2] In 1846, many Rashaida migrated from Hejaz in present day Saudi Arabia into what is now Eritrea and north-east Sudan after tribal warfare had broken out in their homeland. The Rashaida (which means refugee) of Sudan and Eritrea live in close proximity with the Beja people. Large numbers of Bani Rasheed are also found on the Arabian Peninsula. They are related to the Banu Abs tribe.[3] The Rashaida are Arabs who kept their traditional dress, culture, customs, camel breeds and religion (Sunni Islam).[4] The racing camel breeds of the Rashaida tribe are prized all over Sudan and the Arabian Peninsula and fetch very high prices. The Rashaida speak Hejazi Arabic.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Eritrean Census,
  2. ↑ Young, William C., "The Rashaayda Bedouin - Arab Pastoralists of Eastern Sudan", 1996.
  3. ↑ Rashaida People History, Niaz Murtaza The pillage of sustainability in Eritrea 1998, p.177
  4. ↑ Snap Shots, Al-Ahram Weekly, 29 December 2005 - 4 January 2006, Issue No. 775

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