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Kabbabish ("goatherds": James Bruce derives the name from Kabsh, sheep, Arabic : كبش ), a tribe of African nomads of Semitic origin. It is perhaps the largest "Arab" tribe in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and its many clans are scattered over the country extending SW from the province of Dongola to the confines of Darfur. The Kabbabish speak Arabic, but their pronunciation differs much from that of the true Arabs. The Kabbabish have a tradition that they came from Tunisia and are of Maghrebi or Western descent; but while the chiefs look like Arabs, the tribesmen resemble the Beja family. They themselves declare that one of their clans, Kawahla, is not of Kabbabish blood, but was affiliated to them long ago. Kawahla is a name of Arab formation, and J. L. Burckhardt spoke of the clan as a distinct one living about Abu Haraz and on the Atbara. The Kabbabish probably received Arab rulers, as did the Ababda. They are chiefly employed in cattle, camel and sheep breeding, and before the Sudan wars of 1883-1899 they had a monopoly of all transport from the Nile, north of Abu Gussi, to Kordofan. They also cultivate the lowlands which border the Nile, where they have permanent villages. They are of fine physique, dark with black wiry hair, carefully arranged in tightly rolled curls which cling to the head, with regular features and rather thick aquiline noses. Some of the tribes wear large hats like those of the Kabyles of Algeria and Tunisia.

See James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1790); A. H. Keane, Ethnology of Egyptian Sudan (1884); Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (edited by Count Gleichen, 1905). This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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"The area multiplies the desolation. There is life only by the Nile. If a man were to leave the river, he might journey westward and find no human habitation, nor the smoke of a cooking fire, except the lonely tent of a Kabbabish Arab or the encampment of a trader's caravan, till he reached the coast-line of America." Churchill describing the Sudan from The River War.

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-'''Kabbabish''' ("goatherds": [[James Bruce]] derives the name from ''Kabsh'', [[sheep]], Arabic : كبش ), a tribe of [[African people|African]] [[nomad]]s of [[Semitic]] origin. It is perhaps the largest "Arab" tribe in the Anglo-Egyptian [[Sudan]], and its many clans are scattered over the country extending SW from the province of [[Dongola]] to the confines of [[Darfur]]. The Kabbabish speak [[Arabic language|Arabic]], but their pronunciation differs much from that of the true Arabs. The Kabbabish have a tradition that they came from [[Tunisia]] and are of [[Maghrebi]] or [[Westerners|Western]] descent; but while the chiefs look like Arabs, the tribesmen resemble the [[Beja people|Beja]] family. They themselves declare that one of their clans, [[Kawahla]], is not of Kabbabish blood, but was affiliated to them long ago. Kawahla is a name of Arab formation, and [[J. L. Burckhardt]] spoke of the clan as a distinct one living about [[Abu Haraz]] and on the [[Atbara]]. The Kabbabish probably received Arab rulers, as did the [[Ababda]]. They are chiefly employed in cattle, camel and sheep breeding, and before the [[Mahdist War|Sudan wars of 1883-1899]] they had a monopoly of all transport from the [[Nile]], north of [[Abu Gussi]], to [[Kordofan]]. They also cultivate the lowlands which border the Nile, where they have permanent villages. They are of fine physique, dark with black wiry hair, carefully arranged in tightly rolled curls which cling to the head, with regular features and rather thick [[aquiline noses]]. Some of the tribes wear large hats like those of the [[Kabyles]] of [[Algeria]] and Tunisia.
+'''Kabbabish''' ("goatherds": [[James Bruce]] derives the name from ''Kabsh'', [[sheep]], Arabic : كبش ), a tribe of [[Ethnic groups of Africa|African]] [[nomad]]s of [[Semitic]] origin. It is perhaps the largest "Arab" tribe in the Anglo-Egyptian [[Sudan]], and its many clans are scattered over the country extending SW from the province of [[Dongola]] to the confines of [[Darfur]]. The Kabbabish speak [[Arabic language|Arabic]], but their pronunciation differs much from that of the true Arabs. The Kabbabish have a tradition that they came from [[Tunisia]] and are of [[Maghrebi]] or [[Westerners|Western]] descent; but while the chiefs look like Arabs, the tribesmen resemble the [[Beja people|Beja]] family. They themselves declare that one of their clans, [[Kawahla]], is not of Kabbabish blood, but was affiliated to them long ago. Kawahla is a name of Arab formation, and [[J. L. Burckhardt]] spoke of the clan as a distinct one living about [[Abu Haraz]] and on the [[Atbara]]. The Kabbabish probably received Arab rulers, as did the [[Ababda]]. They are chiefly employed in cattle, camel and sheep breeding, and before the [[Mahdist War|Sudan wars of 1883-1899]] they had a monopoly of all transport from the [[Nile]], north of [[Abu Gussi]], to [[Kordofan]]. They also cultivate the lowlands which border the Nile, where they have permanent villages. They are of fine physique, dark with black wiry hair, carefully arranged in tightly rolled curls which cling to the head, with regular features and rather thick [[aquiline noses]]. Some of the tribes wear large hats like those of the [[Kabyles]] of [[Algeria]] and Tunisia.
 See James Bruce, ''Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile'' (1790); [[A. H. Keane]], ''Ethnology of Egyptian Sudan'' (1884); ''Anglo-Egyptian Sudan'' (edited by Count Gleichen, 1905). {{EB1911}}