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Ja'alin tribe

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forces attacked Metemmeh, killing several thousand Ja’alin, including women and children, with the killings continuing in the following year. As a consequence, Ja’alin tribesmen supported the Anglo-Egyptian forces on their advance on Omdurman in 1898, including supplying an irregular force of 2,500
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Some Ja'alin still farm and raise livestock along the banks of the Nile River, but in the 21st century, they more commonly make up a large part of the Sudanese urban population, forming a large part of the merchant class. Although many have moved to cities, such as the Sudanese capital of Khartoum,
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which has historically served as their tribal capital. The area is very hot and dry, with an average yearly rainfall of about three inches. In the summer, which lasts from April through November, daytime temperatures can reach as high as 120 to 130 °F (49 to 54 °C).
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in 1888, the name Ja'alin does not seem to be derived from any founder of a tribe, but rather from the root Ja'al, an Arabic word meaning "to put" or "to stay", and in this sense it is those who settle. Various researchers have suggested that the Ja'alin are
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they still maintain their tribal identity and solidarity. Famous for maintaining ties with their origins, they keep in contact with their original home and return for frequent visits, especially for marriages, funerals and Muslim festivals.
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refused an offer from their leaders for the Ja’alin themselves to protect this stretch of the Nile from advancing Anglo-Egyptian forces, the Ja'alin leaders requested protection from
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Abdurahman Wad-el-Nejumi, Commander-in-Chief of the Dervish Force which recently invaded Egypt, was by birth an Arab of the JAALIN tribe, a powerful and warlike race of arabs
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they were the most powerful of Arab tribes in the Nile valley. They submitted at first, but in 1822 rebelled and massacred the Egyptian garrison at Shendi with the
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This group of over four million people live in cities and large towns along the banks of the Nile River, especially in the ancient town of
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The Ja'alin claim descent from Abbas, the uncle of Muhammad, of the Koreish tribe, and they are undoubtedly of Arab origin
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the tribal story of the Gamuia a tribe of Arab descent who claim to be one of the Jaalin confederations of Arabs.
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Ibrahim, Abdullahi Ali (1988). "Breaking the Pen of Harold Macmichael: The Ja'aliyyin Identity Revisited".
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Holt, P. M. (1970). "The Nilotic Sudan". In P. M. Holt; Ann K. S. Lambton; Bernard Lewis (eds.).
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Arab tribes arrived in Sudan in three main waves, beginning in the 12th century with the Ja'alin.
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cavalry, which helped clear the east bank of the Nile of Mahdist fighters in the days before the
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but we also find among them people of Arab origin, e.g. the Ja'alin or Jaliya, and the Tshrata.
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According to their own tradition, the Ja'alin emigrated to Sudan in the 12th century with the
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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was sometimes classed with the Ja'alin, but the Ja'alin themselves rejected this inclusion.
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Charity Drops: Water Provision and the Politics of the Zakat Chamber in Khartoum, Sudan
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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: A Compendium Prepared by Officers of the Sudan Government
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The Making of the Modern Sudan: The Life and Letters of Sir Douglas Newbold ...
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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Kramer, Robert S.; Lobban, Richard A. Jr.; Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn (2013).
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The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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forces to occupy the Ja’alin town of Metemmeh, a strategic point on the
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began in 1896. In July 1897 Ja'alin tribal leaders refused to allow the
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so difficult. The Ja'alin then became a semi-nomad agricultural people.
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and married into the local Nubian population. Ja'al was a descendant of
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The main Arab tribes are Shaigia and Jaalin, light-coloured.
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies
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origin and trace their origins to Ibrahim Ja'al, an
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Sahara and Sudan: Kawar, Bornu, Kanem, Borku, Enned
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Index

Ja'Alin

Sudanese Arabs
Nile
Khartoum
Abu Hamad
Demonym
Sudanese Arabic
Sunni Islam
Arabic
confederation
Arab
Arabised
Nubian
Sudan
Sudanese Arabs
Sudanese Arab
Shaigiya
Danagla
Abbasid
Hejaz
Arabian Peninsula
al-Abbas
Muhammad
Nile
Khartoum
Abu Hamad
Nubian
Sudanese politicians
Arab

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