Beja
البجة
A people who move through the Aydhab desert; Aydhab traders buy ghee, honey and milk from them, and the author says their chief keeps an agent in the town and defends it. 1
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The Beja are a people who travel in the desert of Aydhab. Al-Idrisi reports that the people of Aydhab buy from them ghee, honey and milk. An agent from their chief stays with them in the town, and he says that they protect the town. 2
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Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 134-135
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.134-135
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islam.museum contributors. “Beja”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/beja/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.