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Bisharin Type
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LastDodo number
5243981
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Postcards
Title
Bisharin Type
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Number on postcard
610
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Dimensions
14.0 x 9.2 cm
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Details
Asswan - type of the Bisharin race
Wss kaart periode 1910-1940
The Bisharin are an ethnic group inhabiting Northeast Africa. They are one of the major divisions of the Beja nomadic population. The Bisharin speak the Beja language, which belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family
The Bisharin live in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan and southern Egypt. They reside in the Atbai area between the Nile River and the Red Sea, north of the Amarar and south of the Ababda.
The Bisharin population numbers around 42,000 individuals. Most of the tribe moves within the territory of Sudan, where members have political representation in the Beja Congress