Al’umar Arma ƙabila ce ta tsakiyar kwarin Kogin Neja, waɗanda suka fito daga maharan Maroko da suka mamaye ƙarni na 16. Sunan, amfani da kuma sauran ƙungiyoyin, sun sami asali daga kalmar ar-mutumin Ruma ( Larabci: الرماة‎ ) "fusiliers". [1]

Mutanen Arma
Jimlar yawan jama'a
20,000
Yankuna masu yawan jama'a
Mali
Harsuna
Faransanci da Harsunan Songhay
Addini
Musulunci
Kabilu masu alaƙa
Malians (en) Fassara
mutanen arma
coat of arma

Ƙabilar Arma ta bambanta da (amma wani lokacin ana rikita shi da) mutanen Zarma miliyan 3.6 na yammacin Nijar, waɗanda suka gabaci mamayar Morokko kuma suna magana da harshen Zarma, kuma memba ne na yaren Songhay .

Ya zuwa shekarar 1986, akwai wasu mutane Arma da suka nuna kansu a cikin Mali a cikin Mali, galibi a kusa da Timbuktu, tsakiyar Niger lanƙw

wasa da Inner Niger Delta .

Balaguron Songhai da bayansa

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Balaguro ta shekarar 1590 da aka aika don cinye hanyoyin cinikayyar Daular Songhai ta daular Saadi ta Maroko ta ƙunshi mutane dubu huɗu na Maroko, 'yan gudun hijirar Morisco da baƙon Turai, masu makamai da kayan tarihi irin na Turai. Bayan halakar daular Songhai a cikin shekarata 1591, Marokkowa suka zauna a cikin Djenné, Gao, Timbuktu da manyan biranen kogin Neja. Ba su da ikon yin iko a waje da manyan ganuwar su, a cikin shekaru goma Maroko ta yi watsi da shugabannin balaguron. A cikin garuruwa kamar Timbuktu, mutanen da suka yi balaguro a cikin shekarar 1591 sun kuma yi aure tare da Songhai, sun zama ƙananan sarakuna masu zaman kansu, kuma an gano wasu daga cikin zuriyarsu a matsayin ƙananan sarautu na 'yancin kansu. A ƙarshen karni na 17, Bambara, Abzinawan, Fula da sauran rundunoni sun zo sun mallaki masarautu da jihohin birni a yankin, suna barin Arma a matsayin ƙabila kawai.

Manazarta

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  1. N. Levtzion, "North-West Africa: from the Maghrib to the fringes of the forest" in: The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 4 : c.1600-c.1790, Ed. Cambridge University Press (1975), pp.154-155