The Jeberti (pronounced Gabarti in Egyptian colloquial Arabic[1]) are a Muslim[2] clan inhabiting the Horn of Africa, mainly Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen and Oman.
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The Jeberti (pronounced Gabarti in Egyptian colloquial Arabic) are a Muslim clan inhabiting the Horn of Africa, mainly Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen...
Their language is called Tigre. The Jebertipeople in Eritrea trace descent from early Muslim adherents. The term Jeberti is also used to refer more generally...
the name Habesha; Muslim Tigrinya-speakers are usually referred to as Jebertipeople. Another term for Muslims from the Horn of Africa was '"Al-Zaylai"'...
century from the Arabian Coast. The Jebertipeople in Eritrea trace descent from early Muslim adherents. The term Jeberti is also locally sometimes used to...
Amhara people Argobba people Dahalik people Gurage people Harari people Beta Israel, Beta Abraham and Falash Muras. Jebertipeople Silt'e people Tigrigna...
closely related to Afar and Somali. Many Saho people have mingled with other Muslim tribes such as the Jeberti (Tigrinya-speaking Muslims) and the Tigre and...
departure point in the Harari plateau. The Warjih were among the first people in the Horn of Africa to become Muslim, having accepted Islam by the eighth...
concentrated mainly in urban areas. Many Jeberti in Eritrea claim that they are a separate ethnic group from the Tigrinya people in the area and consider their...
Dynasty of the Warsangali Sultanate (through Abdirahman ibn Isma'il Al-Jeberti) Majeerteen Dynasty of the Majeerteen Sultanate (through Abdirahman ibn...
groups. About 5% of the Tigrinya are also Muslims; they are known as the Jeberti, though they claim a different ethnic background from the Biher-Tigrinya;...
the ethnic sense of the word in Tigrinya, Tigre, Amharic and Ge'ez. The Jeberti in Eritrea also speak Tigrinya. Tigrinya is the most widely spoken language...
became a commercial and religious center, with Ethiopian traders called Jeberti, and experienced a period of renewed stability in the Solomonic dynasty...
in 1994), with the exception of a small, but important Muslim subgroup (Jeberti) and a few Catholics (mainly Irob). Protestantism is only a very recent...
belongings, become Christians. It is estimated that by 1880 some 50,000 Jebertis (Tigrinya speaking Muslims) and 500,000 Oromos had been forced to convert...
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