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SHILLUH, or SHLUH (" vagabonds ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 859 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHILLUH, or SHLUH (" vagabonds ")  , the name given by the Arabized See also:Moors to the See also:Berber peoples of See also:southern See also:Morocco . They occupy chiefly the See also:province of See also:Sus . The name is said to be a corruption of dshluh (pl. ishldh), a See also:camel-See also:hair See also:tent . They are of See also:fine physique, strong and wiry, and true See also:Berbers in features and fairness . They are as a See also:rule shorter than the Berbers of See also:Algeria (see BERBERS and MOROCCO) .

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