THE TIBBOO(?).
Area.—The Eastern Sahara; bounded by the Tuaricks, Ægypt, Kanem (of which the ethnology is uncertain), Mobba, and the Furian and Nubian tribes.
Divisions.—1. Rechádeh, or Tibboos of the rocks, to the southward and south-east of Fezzan. The towns of Abo and Tibesty belong to them.
2. The Febabos, situated about ten days' journey towards the south, south-west of Augelah.
3. The tribe of Borgou, placed further southward, nearly on the parallel of the southern part of Fezzan.
4. The tribe of Arno.
5. The tribe of Bilma, which is the greatest tribe of the Tibboo nation, and occupies the country between Fezzan and Bomon.
6. Nomadic Tibboos, on the borders of the empire of Bornú.
Physical appearance.—Lips, thick; hair, curly rather than woolly; complexion, varied, from jet-black to a copper colour; nose, in some tribes, flat, in others aquiline; frame, slender.
Language.—With no special, but with numerous miscellaneous affinities. Improperly considered to be Berber.—From Prichard, vol. ii.