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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ausar: [QB] [QUOTE]I don't understand the point either, but you are correct. The Arabic term 'Bilad as Suud' means 'Land of the Blacks'; as in most languages, Arabic has synonyms, so there are several words for "black." Bilad = Land as = of Sud;Suud = Black people[/QUOTE] On another group I frequent the people often said since the Arabs refered to lands south of Egypt Bilad al Sudan then why did they never bother to called Egypt this then. What many failed to mention was that Arabic references to the dark skin of the people of Saeed[Upper Egypt] was attested by Al-Jahiz around the 800's and by an Iraqi Arab historian named Abd Al Lufti around in 1200's so apparently Arab authors were quite aware of the black Upper Egyptian population. See the following: It is at this point that the Name the Sudan, meaning "The land of the Blacks" takes shape as a political entity. The name Sudan may also come from the Arabic word "Sudd" ,blockage in English, referring to the nearly impenetrable papyrus swamp in the Southern Nile valley region of the Sudan. [URL=http://www.courses.rochester.edu/homerin/REL247/Class/sudan/noframes/fdn_myth.html]http://www.courses.rochester.edu/homerin/REL247/Class/sudan/noframes/fdn_myth.html[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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