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					Originally Posted by Richard G
					
				 Anthony Tirri in his "Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa" has this down as Maure, which I think is just a French spelling of Moor. Basically it is the Arab\Berber population of the western Mahgreb\Sahel\Sahara. Best wishes
 Richard
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 The Berber connection would certainly explain the similarities to the Khodmi.