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Old 16th January 2013, 04:41 PM   #14
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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.
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The Berber connection would certainly explain the similarities to the Khodmi.
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