Tuaregs
TUARICKS, or TAWA- REK, a nomadic race of Berber origin inhabiting the Sahara between long. 5° W. and 13° E., and across its entire breadth. They are the finest of the Sahara races, being handsome and powerfully made, but are fierce and are perpetually at war among themselves. They profess Islamism, but are more influenced by pagan superstitions. Their women go unveiled, and take part in public affairs. No reliable estimate of their numbers can be formed. Tuaregs is a name of Arabic origin, and Imoshagh is the name by which the Tuaregs designate themselves. They appear to be a race dating from remote antiquity, and Barth identifies them with a people figon the Egyptian monuments.