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BISHARIN (the anc. Ichthyophagi)

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

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