Sughwa
سغوة
A tribe among the Zaghawa: nomadic herders with many camels. The author says they weave cloth from camel hair for tents and live on their milk and meat 1.
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Sughwa is a tribe of the Zaghawa. Al-Idrisi describes them as nomadic travellers with many camels. They weave cloaks and tents from camel hair, and live on their milk and their meat. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 111
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.111
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