page_title: Hadhrami people
section_title: Hadhrami East Africans
hierarchical_section_title: Hadhrami people / History and diaspora / Hadhrami East Africans
caption_attribution_description: English: Hadramawt 400 BC: Main &amp; Hadramawt Gain independence from Saba. Awsan no longer a state, Himyar &amp; Aksum still didn't appear yet Mhrt (Mahra) still a dominant tribe in Shihr Hbst (incense workers) in Dhofar prior to building Sumharam
context_page_description: The Hadhrami or Hadharem are people inhabiting the Hadhramaut region in Yemen and their descendants in diaspora communities around the world. They speak Hadhrami Arabic an Arabic dialect with a heavy Hadramite Substrate, which belongs to the South Semitic languages.
  Among the two million inhabitants of Hadhramaut, there are about 1,300 distinct tribes.
context_section_description: The Hadhrami have long had a notable presence in the African Horn region (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia). Hadhrami settlers were instrumental in helping to consolidate the Muslim community in the coastal Benadir province of Somalia, in particular. During the colonial period, disgruntled Hadhrami from the tribal wars additionally settled in various Somali towns. They were also frequently recruited into the armies of the Somali Sultanates.
  Some Hadhrami communities also reportedly exist in Mozambique and Comoros Madagascar.
caption: South Semitic Kingdom of Hadramawt in 400 BC
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