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The Rizeigat, or Rizigat, or Rezeigat (Standard Arabic Rizayqat) are a Muslim and Arabic tribal confederation of the nomadic Bedouin Baggara (Standard Arabic Baqqara) people in Sudan's Darfur region. The Rizeigat belong to the greater Baggara Arabs fraternity of Darfur and Kordofan and speak Chadic Arabic. Numbering over one million, the Baggara are the second largest people group in Western Sudan, extending into Eastern Chad. They are primarily nomadic cattle herders and their journeys are dependent upon the seasons of the year. They are a branch of the Juhayna group. They are divided into the Abbala (camel-herding) Rizeigat, who live in northern Darfur and Chad, and the Baggara (cattle-herders) who inhabit south-east Darfur. In turn they are divided into several large clans, notably the Mahamid, Mahariya and Nawaiba. The Mahamid, led by Sheikh Musa Hilal, have been deeply implicated in the Darfur conflict. The Rizeigat are the largest and most powerful of the Arab people in Darfur. Most live in southeast Darfur. The Rizeigat are composed of three main divisions which are each further subdivided. The Northern Rizeigat herd camels and the Southern Rizeigat herd cattle. Page text.〔Cockett, R., 2010, Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State, Yale UP.〕 The ecological differences between the north and south of Sudan allowed for two different types of nomadism to evolve: camel herders in the north and cattle herders in the south7. The people who made up the precursors to the Janjaweed mainly come from the Baggara (cattle herders) who speak Arabic and are Muslim. They live in the west of Sudan, mainly south of Jebel Marra and both north and south of Kordofan. A subsection of the Baggara, the Northern Rizaygat, are one of the largest groups who make up the Janjaweed.〔Thelwall, R., 2011, Darfur Land & People Part 2, Calgary: University of Calgary.〕 The Rizeigat backed the Sudanese government during the conflict with the SPLA and in Darfur. They formed frontline units as well as ''Murahleen'', mounted raiders that attacked southern villages to loot valuables and slaves. 〔, International Crisis Group, 12 October 2007, p. 2〕 During the Second Sudanese Civil War thousands of Dinka women and children were abducted and subsequently enslaved by members of the Messiria and Rizeigat tribes. An unknown number of children from the Nuba tribe were similarly abducted and enslaved.〔United States Department of State, "Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 - Sudan, 4 June 2008". Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/484f9a3ec.html (24 June 2008 )〕 In the recent Darfur conflict the Baggara Rizeigat joined the government troops under Janjaweed militias to exterminate rebels. Their leader, Musa Hilal has become the prominent janjaweed leader in Sudan . Historically the tribe supported and participated in recent southern conflicts. That is why the tribe was not allowed to be part of the southern peace process. ==Northern Rizeigat== The Northern Rizaygat are Arab nomads who herd camels. They are the largest and most powerful of the Arab people in Darfur. Most live in southeast Darfur. Like most nomads, their identity and livelihoods are linked through their animals. They are Bedouin pastoralists who became a part of the Janjaweed. The term janjaweed the term tends to be synonymous with the term ‘nomad’.〔 Rizeigat of northern Darfur – the Abbala Rizeigat - bordered from north by Libya; on the eastern side, bordered by Ziyadia, Berti, and Meidoub; on the western side, bordered by Fur and Katinga tribes (Adam 2012). 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rizeigat tribe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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