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'''Awlad Himayd''' is a group of people who are part of the greater [[Baggara Arabs]] tribes of [[Kordofan]] and [[Darfur]] that includes the Habbaniya and Ta'isha. |
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==Description== |
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⚫ | They speak [[Sudanese Arabic]]. Awlad Himayd live in eastern parts of [[South Kordofan]]. They were nomadic people who shared routes (sig. Morhal, pl. Marahiil) with the Halafa, a branch of the [[Hawazma]], and the [[Kenana]] and [[Habbaniya people|Habbaniya]] tribes. Their travels take them as far as the [[Shilluk people|Shilluk]] and [[Nuer people|Nuer]] of the [[White Nile]]. Their inner southern nomadic area is part of the wilderness of South Kordofan, a dense high savanna forest land. |
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Awlad Himayd belogs to the wider group of [[Baggara Arabs]] of [[Kordofan]] and [[Darfur]], they are [[Sunni]] [[Muslims]]. Their majority are pastorlists and the rest are sedentary; they grow all types of [[South Kordofan]] crops: sesame, millets, okra and ground nuts. Also, they grow [[Gum Arabic]] and collect gums and honey from the woods. Their inner soutthern nomadic area was part of wilderness of [[South Kordofan]], a dense high savanna forest land. |
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The majority are pastoralists, and the rest are farmers; they grow all types of South Kordofan crops: sesame, millets, okra, and ground nuts. They grow [[Gum Arabic]] and collect gums and honey from the woods. |
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⚫ | They are widely viewed among [[Baggara]] peoples as being courageous; great hunters of elephants and big game like giraffe, antelope, [[Korrigum|tiang]], and Ostrich; they are also known as great fighters of wild beasts such lions, tigers, wolves, and others at earlier times. Baggara people are good hunters and gatherers of wild fruits, wild okra, and honey from undomesticated bees. Gray-bees (''Nahala el ghibasha'' in Arabic), the fiercest type of bee in South Kordofan, are nicknamed "Awlad Himayd" because of their courage. |
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⚫ | The Awlad Himayd belong to the wider group of [[Baggara Arabs]] of Kordofan and Darfur. They are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]]. MacMichael <ref name="MAC">MacMichael, H. A. 1967, the Tribes of Northern and Central Kordofan, Frank Cass & CO. LTD, page 278.</ref> mentioned that their [[Arab]] ancestors may have settled around Tekali in the eastern part of South Kordofan at a time of the great [[Guhayna]] movement, and they have been reinforced by others of their kin who have returned from the western countries (probably from present-day Chad). |
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==See also== |
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* [[Baggara]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:25, 31 August 2023
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Awlad Himayd is a group of people who are part of the greater Baggara Arabs tribes of Kordofan and Darfur that includes the Habbaniya and Ta'isha.
Description
[edit]They speak Sudanese Arabic. Awlad Himayd live in eastern parts of South Kordofan. They were nomadic people who shared routes (sig. Morhal, pl. Marahiil) with the Halafa, a branch of the Hawazma, and the Kenana and Habbaniya tribes. Their travels take them as far as the Shilluk and Nuer of the White Nile. Their inner southern nomadic area is part of the wilderness of South Kordofan, a dense high savanna forest land.
The majority are pastoralists, and the rest are farmers; they grow all types of South Kordofan crops: sesame, millets, okra, and ground nuts. They grow Gum Arabic and collect gums and honey from the woods.
They are widely viewed among Baggara peoples as being courageous; great hunters of elephants and big game like giraffe, antelope, tiang, and Ostrich; they are also known as great fighters of wild beasts such lions, tigers, wolves, and others at earlier times. Baggara people are good hunters and gatherers of wild fruits, wild okra, and honey from undomesticated bees. Gray-bees (Nahala el ghibasha in Arabic), the fiercest type of bee in South Kordofan, are nicknamed "Awlad Himayd" because of their courage.
Origins and divisions
[edit]The Awlad Himayd belong to the wider group of Baggara Arabs of Kordofan and Darfur. They are Sunni Muslims. MacMichael [1] mentioned that their Arab ancestors may have settled around Tekali in the eastern part of South Kordofan at a time of the great Guhayna movement, and they have been reinforced by others of their kin who have returned from the western countries (probably from present-day Chad).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ MacMichael, H. A. 1967, the Tribes of Northern and Central Kordofan, Frank Cass & CO. LTD, page 278.