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Hadendoa (or Hadendowa) is the name of a
nomadic subdivision of the Beja people,
known for
their support of the
Mahdiyyah rebellion during the 1880s to...
- It
describes the
respect of the
ordinary soldier for the
bravery of the
Hadendoa warriors who
fought the
British army in
Sudan and Eritrea. "Fuzzy-Wuzzy"...
- but
there has been
significant historical dispute on this matter. The
Hadendoa Beja by the 18th
century dominated much of
eastern Sudan. In the Mahdist...
-
Abdallahi ibn
Muhammad of the Ta'aisha tribes. They were also
joined by the
Hadendoa Beja, who were
rallied to the
Mahdi in 1883 by
Osman Digna, an Ansār captain...
- Fuzzy-Wuzzy can
refer to: The
nickname of the
Hadendoa tribe of East Africa, so
named for
their elaborate hairstyles. Fuzzy-Wuzzy", a poem by
Rudyard Kipling...
- in
Basque frantximant. Fuzzy-Wuzzy
United Kingdom Hadendoa people Term used to
refer to the
Hadendoa warriors in the 19th century, in
reference to their...
- a 6,000-strong
force east to
attack the
Hadendoa. He
crossed the
Atbarah River at Quz Rajab, but the
Hadendoa lured the
Egyptians into a
forest ambush...
-
Mahdists had
roughly 10,000 men, most of them
belonging to
Osman Digna's
Hadendoa tribe (known to
British soldiers as "Fuzzy Wuzzies" for
their unique hair)...
- "grown-up
Wunderkind with an open, oval face
framed by a
Jewish Afro." The
Hadendoa Beja of
northeastern Africa were
nicknamed "Fuzzy-Wuzzies" by
British troops...
- the
Tigrinya people of Eritrea, as well as the Beja (particularly the
Hadendoa).
There are also a
number of
Eritreans of
Tigre origin living across the...
