See also:KABBABISH (" goatherds ": See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Bruce derives the name from Hebsh, See also:sheep)
, a tribe of See also:African nomads of Semitic origin
.
It is perhaps the largest " Arab " tribe in the Anglo-See also:Egyptian See also:Sudan, and its many clans are scattered over the See also:country extending S.W. from the See also:province of See also:Dongola to the confines of See also:Darfur
.
The See also:Kabbabish speak Arabic, but their See also:pronunciation differs much from that of the true See also:Arabs
.
The Kabbabish have a tradition that they came from See also:Tunisia and are of Mogrebin or western descent; but while the chiefs look like Arabs, the tribes-men resemble the See also:Beja See also:family
.
They themselves declare that
one of their clans, Kawahla, is not of Kabbabish See also:blood, but was affiliated to them See also:long ago
.
Kawahla is a name of Arab formation, and J
.
L
.
See also:Burckhardt spoke of the See also:clan as a distinct one living about See also:Abu Haraz and on the See also:Atbara
.
The Kabbabish probably received Arab rulers, as did the See also:Ababda
.
They are chiefly employed in See also:cattle, See also:camel and See also:sheep breeding, and before the Sudan See also:wars of 1883-99 they had a See also:monopoly of all trans-See also:port from the See also:Nile, See also:north of Abu Gussi, to See also:Kordofan
.
They also cultivate the lowlands which border the Nile, where they have permanent villages
.
They are of See also:fine physique, dark with See also:black wiry See also:hair, carefully arranged in tightly rolled curls which cling to the See also:head, with See also:regular features and rather thick aquiline noses
.
Some of the tribes See also:wear large hats like those of the See also:Kabyles of See also:Algeria and Tunisia
.
See See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1790); A
.
H
.
See also:Keane, See also:Ethnology of Egyptian Sudan (1884); Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (edited by See also:Count See also:Gleichen, 1905)
.
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