Nubia's indigenous people absorb Arab migrants who…

1252 CE to 1395 CE

Nubia's indigenous people absorb Arab migrants who settle among them in some instances, as among the Beja.

Beja ruling families will later derive their legitimacy from their claims of Arab ancestry.

Although not all Muslims in the region are Arabic-speaking, acceptance of Islam facilitates the arabizing process.

There is no policy of proselytism, however, and forced conversion is rare.

Islam penetrates the area over a long period of time through intermarriage and contacts with Arab merchants and settlers.

Exemption from taxation in regions under Muslim rule also proves a powerful incentive to conversion.

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Dongola > Dunqulah Ash-Shamaliyah Sudan View →

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Nubians View → Blemmyes View → Aksum (or Axum), Kingdom of View → Ja'alin tribe View → Beja people View → Juhaynah View → Makuria, Kingdom of View → Christians, Monophysite View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria View → Alodia, or Alwa (Subah, or Soba), Kingdom of View → Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad) View → Egypt and Syria, Mamluk Bahri Sultanate of View → Egypt and Syria, Mamluk Burji Sultanate of View →

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