أمارة قبيلة ربيعة في وادي العلاقي بأرض البجة من 132 ه-750 م و حتى سنة 815 ه-1412 م

الملخص EN

This study is entitled Ports of Beja: (Emirate of the Rabi'a tribe in Wadi Al-Alaqi in the land of Beja).

This study documented the historical relations of the Rabi’ah tribe with the Beja tribes in eastern Sudan.

The Land of Beja was an attractive land that incited many Arab tribes from the Arabian Peninsula to migrate to the Land of Beja in order to take advantage of its goods throughout the ages.

The Beja countries were rich in economic resources that were needed by the Arab tribes such as gold, silver, emeralds, ostrich feathers, etc....

Also, its geographical location distinguished it from the rest of the African lands, as it was not far from the Arabian Peninsula, except for the width of the Red Sea, and that those Beja had distinct economic relations with the outside world and the interior of Africa.

Therefore, the Rabi’ah tribe deliberately migrated to the Beja country in order to benefit from its bounties.

They also searched for new habitats in attractive environments away from the drought of the Arabian Peninsula and its expelling environment.

They chose the Wadi Al-Alaqi region, which is rich for its mines, its proximity to export ports, and its distance from the eyes of the rulers of Muslims in Egypt.

The Rabi’a tribe, after a short period of contact with the Beja, was able to control their lands by virtue of the royal Matriarchy regime to take over the rule in the land of Beja, and consequently, these migrations accompanied many changes to the Beja community and the coming Rabi’a tribes in the social, economic, political, and cultural fields.

Perhaps those changes in general represented the study findings.

The researcher adopted the descriptive historical approach in conducting this study.