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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Baggara tribes, Sahrawi people, Shammar, Hawazma tribe, Messiria tribe, Anizzah, Banu Abs, Dulaim, Baggara Arabs, Banu Hothail, Banu Kinanah, Mudhar, Dawasir, Diffa Arabs, Reguibat tribe, Beni Halba tribe, Rizeigat tribe, Ajman, Rashaida people, Oulad Bou Sbaa, Ibn Sbyel, Zubaid, Awlad Himayd, Tajakant, Al Buainain, Banu Jadhimah, Bisharin tribe, Oulad Delim, Al Thawawida, Beni Sakhr, Al Nuaim, Al Mannai, Al Bu Romaih, Ta'isha tribe, Muzziena tribe, Al Jalahma, Al Bin Ali, Al Muhannadi, Habbaniya tribe, Shuweihat tribe, Abbadi, Jaloudi. Excerpt: Most frequently in English language usage, the term Sahrawi ("Saharaui") is usually used in reference to populations from the disputed Western Sahara territory, sometimes with a nationalist connotation. The modern ethnic Sahrawi group is an Black African, Arab and Berber people inhabiting the westernmost Sahara desert, in the area of modern Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria and, at its core, the Western Sahara. As with most Saharan peoples, the tribes reflect a highly mixed heritage, combining Arab, Berber, and other influences, including black African ethnic and cultural characteristics, through mixing with Wolouf, Soninke and other populations of the southern Sahel, and through the acquisition of slaves. The Arabic word Sahr w literally means "of Sahara," and should be understood as "inhabitant of the Sahara" (Saharan). There are several transliterations of the word, several of which are used in English: Nomadic Berbers, mainly of the Sanhaja tribal confederation, inhabited the areas now known as Western Sahara, southern Morocco, Mauritania and extreme southernwestern Algeria, before Islam arrived in the 8th century AD. The new faith achieved quick expansion, but Arab immigration in the first centuries of Islamic expansion was minimal. However, they introduced the camel to th...
