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The Zawaya are tribes in the southern Sahara who have traditionally followed a deeply religious way of life. They accepted a subordinate position to the warrior tribes, whether Arab or Berber, who had little interest in Islam. The Zawaya introduced Sufi brotherhoods to the black populations south of the Sahara. The jihad movements of the Fula people in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have their origins with the Zawaya. Today the Zawaya are one of the two noble castes of Mauritania.

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  • Les Zaouïa ou tribus maraboutiques sont un des deux groupes de tribus maures, qui fournissent un enseignement et des services religieux, en opposition à l'autre groupe noble, les tribus guerrières dites arab ou hassan, qui en théorie les dominent. (fr)
  • The Zawaya are tribes in the southern Sahara who have traditionally followed a deeply religious way of life. They accepted a subordinate position to the warrior tribes, whether Arab or Berber, who had little interest in Islam. The Zawaya introduced Sufi brotherhoods to the black populations south of the Sahara. The jihad movements of the Fula people in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have their origins with the Zawaya. Today the Zawaya are one of the two noble castes of Mauritania. (en)
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  • Zawaya (en)
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  • Southern Sahara, especially Mauritania (en)
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  • Les Zaouïa ou tribus maraboutiques sont un des deux groupes de tribus maures, qui fournissent un enseignement et des services religieux, en opposition à l'autre groupe noble, les tribus guerrières dites arab ou hassan, qui en théorie les dominent. (fr)
  • The Zawaya are tribes in the southern Sahara who have traditionally followed a deeply religious way of life. They accepted a subordinate position to the warrior tribes, whether Arab or Berber, who had little interest in Islam. The Zawaya introduced Sufi brotherhoods to the black populations south of the Sahara. The jihad movements of the Fula people in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have their origins with the Zawaya. Today the Zawaya are one of the two noble castes of Mauritania. (en)
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  • Zaouïa (tribu) (fr)
  • Zawaya (en)
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