Marya
The Marya are a tribe in western Eritrea. They are mostly shepherds and farmers they inhabit the middle valley of the Anseba River in the Keren District. There split into two clans: the Marya qeyih and the marya tselam. They are related to the , and Tora peoples,[1] and form a subgroup of the Tigre people.[2]
References[]
- ^ Brill. First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 5. p. 310.
- ^ Skutsch, Carl (2013-11-07). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. pp. 1200–1201. ISBN 978-1-135-19388-1.
Categories:
- Ethnic groups in Eritrea
- Anseba Region
- Eritrea stubs