Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Rashaida or Rashaayda (also see Bani Rasheed) (Arabic: بني رشيد الرشايدة) are an Arab tribe populating Eritrea and north-east Sudan. In 1846 many Rashaida migrated from Hejaz in present day Saudi Arabia into what is now Eritrea and north-east Sudan after tribal warfare had broken out in their homeland. The Rashaida (which means refugee) of Sudan and Eritrea live in close proximity with the Beja people. Large numbers of Bani Rasheed are also found on the Arabian Peninsula.
