From here, Arab Islamic culture generally emerged following those Arab migrations and the movement of various Arab tribes throughout successive historical eras. There is no doubt that the Arab migrations that occurred before Islam were not of the same nature and effectiveness as those that occurred after the advent of the light of the Islamic call. This is because those Arab civilizational and cultural influences in the land of Sudan before Islam vanished with the appearance of Islam.

The extensive migration, whose Arab Islamic cultural traces remain eternal in Sudan, resulted from the complete intermingling of Arabs with the local population, through which they acquired Arabism and culture. This is because this intermingling broadened the concept of Arabism in the land of Sudan and helped spread it to the southern regions, where people understood its culture and felt they were part of its civilization, were it not for the missionary and colonial activities that prevented this integration, understanding, and assimilation, especially in the southern region, where colonial powers prevented the spread of Islam and the Arabic language.

Those tribes that we discussed in Chapter Six played a significant role in spreading Islam and influence in the land of Sudan. However, with the passage of time, the Arab character began to take its course in coloring Sudan with that Islamic cultural hue.

From here, Islamic influences mixed with local influences, and a local character of Islamic civilization emerged. The spread of Islam among these peoples signaled its sudden emergence in the world of Islam and signaled its adoption of a clear Islamic appearance, following the spread of these pure Arab migrations that mixed with the local population and spread the Arabic language, Arab customs, the Islamic religion, and Arab culture in Sudan, imprinting Sudan with a clear, influential, and effective Arab character.

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