| Ababda | |
|---|---|
| Bedouin tribe | |
 Bedouin of Ababda | |
| Ethnicity | Arab[1] or Beja[2] |
| Location | Eastern Egypt and Sudan |
| Descended from | Zubayr ibn al-Awwam |
| Population | 250,000+[3] |
| Language | Arabic |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
The Ababda (Arabic: العبابدة, romanized: al-ʿabābdah or Arabic: العبّادي, romanized: al-ʿabbādī) are an Arab[1] or Beja[2] tribe[4] in eastern Egypt and Sudan. Historically, most were Bedouins living in the area between the Nile and the Red Sea, with some settling along the trade route linking Korosko with Abu Hamad. Numerous traveler accounts from the nineteenth century report that some Ababda at that time still spoke Beja or a language of their own, hence many secondary sources consider the Ababda to be a Beja subtribe. Most Ababda now speak Arabic and identify as an Arab tribe from the Hijaz. The Ababda have a total population of over 250,000 people.[5]
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
- ^ "The Ababda Tribe in Egypt: On the desert that suffocates its residents". Nawaat. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.