roofar

Updated: January 31, 2026

We travelled for upwards of a hundred miles along the river, through the unvarying scene of flat alluvial soil; the south bank was generally covered with low jungle. The Arabs were always civil, and formed a marked contrast to the Tokrooris; they were mostly of the Roofar tribe.

Sir Samuel White Baker - The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs