EPHRAIMITE MOORS – by (AMIR) ISHAQ D. AL-SULAIMANI

EPHRAIMITE MOORS

The majority of the Israelite tribes resided under the authority of the House of Joseph which in turn was ruled by the Tribe of Ephraim. Just prior to the expulsion of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722B.C.E many Moorish Ephraimites of the House of Joseph fled to Arabia where they became known as the Bani Qainuqa Tribe, while others settled in the Horn of Africa and became known as the Afar (Ephraim). Some members of the Afar were more specifically referred to as the Danakil meaning of the IsraeliteTribe of Dan. read more