Kawahla people

Kawahla is an ethnic group of Eastern Sudan. They speak Sudanese Arabic and members of this ethnicity are Muslims. The Kawahla are known to be the descents of Zubayr ibn al-Awam and Khalid ibn al-Walid and has over 90 Segments of the tribe it is also the biggest tribe in Sudan most of the Kawhla are farmers one of the main crops they grow is sorghum, wheat, cotton, beans (luba) and other fruits such as La loba and Nabag. Studies of the Kawahla in Kurdufan found that they migrate from the wet season pasture to grazing land near permanent wells to wait for the dry season. Hedley Vicars encountered the Kawahla and, when they asked him to settle their dispute with other tribes, he ruled over them. Lord Edward Gleichen also wrote about the Kawahla.