It was said, and still remembered, that the majority of the Al-Rashidiya tribe originally was from north of Medina. small due to circumstances. However, there are those who call them Al-Zubaida in Sudan, which is in reference to the Zubaid tribe, a Yemeni tribe, and not to Zubaida, the wife of Harun al-Rashid. Although there are some opinions that state that the Al-Rashayda and Al-Zubaida tribes are two different tribes and that the circumstances of migration brought them together and similarity in appearance and color brought them closer. The Al-Rashayda themselves confirm that some of their branches, such as Al-Awazma, Al-Gharayza, and Al-Muaynat, are not originally part of them, but rather joined them after the completion of their migration to Sudan, where they became part of one of their three administrations, which are Al-Zunaymat, Al-Bara'asa, and Al-Barabit. The naming as Al-Zubaidiya goes back to the Arab Zubaid tribe which used to frequent Sudan with their ships for trade. When the Indians and the Bisharin, from the Beja tribes, asked them their name, they would say they were Zubaidiya. When the Al-Rashayda arrived in the same area, they were given the previous name. The Bani Amer tribes, one of the Beja tribes, when they saw the Al-Rashayda, who perhaps were transported to Sudan by the Zubaidiya ships along with them, they called them Al-Zubaidiya. The similarity between them led the Beja to call the Al-Rashayda Al-Zubaidiya, as it was the name they were familiar with. Since the Al-Rashayda did not like the name Al-Zubaidiya, the elder of the Al-Rashayda used to impose a fine on every Rashidi who said he was Zubaidi. There are many opinions that agree that the Bani Zubaid, the Zubaidiya, who acknowledge the profession of navigation, used to frequent the port of Suakin long before the arrival of the Al-Rashayda. There are also the sons of Rashid, or Bani Rashid, who live in the valley and the lands of Borno, Darfur, and Kordofan, and the Zubaidiya are one of their three main clans. • 253