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BISHARIN (the anc. Ichthyophagi)

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BISHARIN (the anc.
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Ichthyophagi)  , a
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nomad tribe of
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African "
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Arabs," of Hamitic origin, dwelling in the eastern
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part of the Nubian
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desert . In the
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middle ages they were known as
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Beja (q.v.), and they are the most characteristic of the Nubian " Arabs." With the
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Ababda and
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Hadendoa they represent the Blemmyes of classical writers . Linguistically and geographically the
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Bisharin
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form a connecting
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link between the Hamitic populations and the Egyptians . Nominally they are Mahommedans . They, however, preserve some non-Islamic religious practices, and exhibit traces of
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animal-
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worship in their
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rule of never killing the
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serpent or the
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partridge, which are regarded as sacred .

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