See also:

• BISHARIN (the anc. Ichthyophagi)

BISHARIN (the anc. See also:

• ICHTHYOPHAGI (Gr. for " fish-eaters ")

Ichthyophagi)  , a See also:

• NOMAD (Gr. voµas, voµabes, wandering)

nomad tribe of See also:

• AFRICAN

African " See also:

• ARABS

Arabs," of Hamitic origin, dwelling in the eastern See also:

• PART

part of the Nubian See also:

• DESERT

desert . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages they were known as See also:

• BEJA (or BiJA)
• BEJA (probably the ancient Pax Julia)

Beja (q.v.), and they are the most characteristic of the Nubian " Arabs." With the See also:

• ABABDA (the Gebadei of Pliny, probably the Troglodytes of classical writers)

Ababda and See also:

• HADENDOA (from Beja Hada, chief, and endowa, people)

Hadendoa they represent the Blemmyes of classical writers . Linguistically and geographically the See also:

• BISHARIN (the anc. Ichthyophagi)

Bisharin See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a connecting See also:

• LINK

link between the Hamitic populations and the Egyptians . Nominally they are Mahommedans . They, however, preserve some non-Islamic religious practices, and exhibit traces of See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal-See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship in their See also:

• RULE

rule of never killing the See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent or the See also:

• PARTRIDGE (Du. Patrijs, Fr. perdrix, from Lat. perdix, apparently onomatopoeic from the call of the bird)
• PARTRIDGE, JOHN BERNARD (1861– )
• PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM ORDWAY (1861– )

partridge, which are regarded as sacred .