Amarar tribe
Amarar (or Amenreer Wagerda’ Amarer) is a Cushitic nomadic tribe of the Beja people inhabiting the mountainous country on the west side of the Red Sea Suakin northwards and Eritrea towards Sudan. Between them and the Nile are the Ababda and Bisharin Beja tribes and to their south dwell the Hadendoa (another Beja subgroup). The country of the Amarar is called the Atbai. Their main location is in the Ariab region. The tribe is divided into four great families: (1) Weled Gwilei, (2) Weled Aliab, (3) Weled Kurbab Wagadab, and (4) the Amarar proper of the Ariab district. They claim to be of Quraysh blood and to be the descendants of an invading Arab army. Possibly descendants of some small bands of Quraysh Arabs may have made an inroad and were upon Islam. The Amarar are said to speak the purest form of the Beja language. References Beja Nomads Ethnic groups in Somalia Ethnic groups in Sudan Ethnic groups in Eritrea Tribes of Africa Beja people Beja