wine, his nature, and his constant lying. It is difficult to distinguish him from a Turk born in Sudan.
Researchers have dismissed the idea that the Shabagia have a lineage from blue-skinned people of perception. Crawford, author of "The Destruction of Method in Lineage," refuted this claim, stating that there is a strong objection to this view because Selim the Ascetic did not expand into this region and did not establish guards or garrisons there. The areas where guards were established, consisting of remnants of these soldiers, are the areas located between the first and third cataracts. These areas did not produce a lineage of inhabitants with characteristics that would embody the Shabagia. Muhammad Awad Muhammad, rejecting this notion, said: "It is regrettable that we do not have a study of the Shabagia by an ethnologist so that we can scientifically study the criteria for ethnic groups, the criteria for Christian lineage, regarding the similarity between the Shabagia and those soldiers. If they truly have Albanian, Turkish, or Bashiq origins, this would elevate the Christian lineage and the names of many Arab tribes inhabiting various regions of Sudan."
Mikael believes that it is possible that a group from this tribe originally belonged to the remnants of the Marzuk, Ayan, Yilman, and Shanadiq who served as garrisons and guards in Nubia since the Ottoman Sultan Selim's conquest (517). Some of them settled in Nubia.
Mikael believes that other accounts of a lineage between the Shabagia and the Jineen stem from the saying that Thaq is the brother of Thaim, and all Jineen come from him. In this context, he sees the Jineen as a foreign element to the Shabagia, possessing distinguishing features. As for the Shabagia, he described them as quarrelsome adventurers, always ready to act as mercenaries, fighting with whoever employs them. He describes the Shabagia's design as light-colored, fond of migration, his nature, and his constant lying. It is difficult to distinguish him from a Turk born in Sudan.
Researchers have dismissed the idea that the Shabagia have a lineage from blue-skinned people of perception. Crawford, author of "The Destruction of Method in Lineage," refuted this claim, stating that there is a strong objection to this view because Selim the Ascetic did not expand into this region and did not establish guards or garrisons there. The areas where guards were established, consisting of remnants of these soldiers, are the areas located between the first and third cataracts. These areas did not produce a lineage of inhabitants with characteristics that would embody the Shabagia. Muhammad Awad Muhammad, rejecting this notion, said: "It is regrettable that we do not have a study of the Shabagia by an ethnologist so that we can scientifically study the criteria for ethnic groups, the criteria for Christian lineage, regarding the similarity between the Shabagia and those soldiers. If they truly have Albanian, Turkish, or Bashiq origins, this would elevate the Christian lineage and the names of many Arab tribes inhabiting various regions of Sudan."
Mikael believes that it is possible that a group from this tribe originally belonged to the remnants of the Marzuk, Ayan, Yilman, and Shanadiq who served as garrisons and guards in Nubia since the Ottoman Sultan Selim's conquest (517). Some of them settled in Nubia.
Mikael believes that other accounts of a lineage between the Shabagia and the Jineen stem from the saying that Thaq is the brother of Thaim, and all Jineen come from him. In this context, he sees the Jineen as a foreign element to the Shabagia, possessing distinguishing features. As for the Shabagia, he described them as quarrelsome adventurers, always ready to act as mercenaries, fighting with whoever employs them. He describes the Shabagia's design as light-colored, fond of migration.
It is not hidden that the discussion may represent isolated experiences of Mikael alone, and the statement should not be generalized to become binding characteristics for any Shabagia. In this regard, we are alone in closing off such statements. H.A. Mamchal: A History of the Arabic in the Sudan, 1922 p.88 V. Abd al-Majid Abidin: Introduction to the book "Tribes and Lineages in Sudan and the Sahara and Names of Notables from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century," by R. T. Kutter. Publisher Dar al-Band, Khartoum 1999, p. 4. 8. Muhammad Awad Muhammad: Northern Sudan, Mishkat and its Tribes, 2nd ed., 1959, p. 185. - 21 - - 20 -