Magyarab people

Hungarian subgroup in Egypt and Sudan Ethnic group MagyarabsRegions with significant populations Egypt and Sudan: 7,000LanguagesArabic (Egyptian Arabic and Sudanese Arabic), English formerly HungarianReligionSunni IslamRelated ethnic groupsOther Hungarians The Magyarabs are a small Hungarian subgroup living within Nubia, along the Nile in Egypt and Sudan. They descend from Hungarians (Magyars) who intermarried with locals, and are believed to date back to the late 16th century,[citation needed] when Hungary and Egypt were part of the Ottoman Empire. Name The name "Magyarab" is not a portmanteau of the words "Magyar" and "Arab", as is commonly assumed. Rather, it is a concatenation of "Magyar" (Hungarian) and "Ab", which in Nubian means simply "tribe". Magyarab combined thus translates to "Tribe of the Magyars". History According to legend, Hungarians who had only recently been brought under the control of the Ottoman Empire formed a part of the Ottoman army that was fighting in southern Egypt. Supposedly, a portion or the entirety of the fighting unit remained there and intermarried with the local Nubian women. According to local Magyarabs, their ancestor was Ibrahim el-Magyar, a g