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Awadia
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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and Fadnia, two small nomad tribes of pure Arab blood living in the Bayuda desert, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, between the wells of Jakdul and Metemma. They are often incorrectly classed as Ja'alin. They own numbers of horses and cattle, the former of the black Dongola breed. At the battle of Abu Klea (17th of January 1885) they were conspicuous for their courage in riding against the British square.
See Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, edited - by Count Gleichen (London, 1905).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Awadia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/awadia.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Awadia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/awadia.html. 1910.
