Arma people

The Arma people are an ethnic group of the middle Niger River valley, descended from Moroccan and Andalusi invaders of the 16th century. The name, applied by other groups, derives from the word ar-rumah (Arabic: الرماة) "fusiliers".

The Songhai expedition and aftermath

The 1590 expedition sent to conquer the Songhai Empire trade routes by the Saadi dynasty of Morocco was made up of four thousand Moroccan, Morisco Refugees and European renegades, armed with European-style arquebuses. After the destruction of the Songhai Empire in 1591, the Moroccans settled into Djenné, Gao, Timbuktu and the larger towns of the Niger River bend. Never able to exert control outside their large fortifications, within a decade the expedition's leaders were abandoned by Morocco. In cities like Timbuktu, the men of the 1591 expedition intermarried with the Songhai, became small scale independent rulers, and some of their descendants came to be identified as minor dynasties of their own right. By the end of the 17th century, Bambara, Tuareg, Fula and other forces came to control empires and city-states in the region, leaving the Arma as a mere ethnicity.

Naviera Armas

Naviera Armas Ferries is a company in Spain, founded in the 1940s, which operates at least 10 ferries. The company operates mainly in the Canaries, although from 2008 services were available to the island of Madeira and Portugal, further north. However at the end of January 2012 the service to Madeira was abruptly withdrawn, the reason for this together with the future of the route being unclear.

Fleet

Naviera Armas operate a fleet of eleven vessels.

Photo gallery

  • Ferry leaving Los Cristianos

  • Ferry leaving Los Cristianos

  • Ferry at Playa Blanca

  • Ferry at Playa Blanca

  • Ferry in Los Cristianos

  • Ferry in Los Cristianos

  • Volcan de Tijarafe leaving Funchal

  • Volcan de Tijarafe leaving Funchal

  • Volcan de Timanfaya near Tenerife

  • Volcan de Timanfaya near Tenerife

    External Links & Sources

    These are the sources listed for the above information.

  • Official Website
  • Ferry Website displaying info on the firm: Simplon PC
  • Newspaper article source (adapted).
  • References

    Armas (disambiguation)

    The Arma people are an ethnic group of the Niger River valley.

    Armas may also refer to:

    People

  • Balthazar Armas (born 1941), Venezuelan painter
  • Carlos Castillo Armas (1914-1957), Guatemalan president
  • Chris Armas (born 1972), American soccer player
  • Christian Armas (born 1986), Mexican footballer
  • Frederick A. de Armas, a University of Chicago literature professor
  • Joel Armas (born 1973), Cuban-American swimmer
  • Marcos Armas (born 1969), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Naviera Armas, Spanish Ferry Company
  • Reynaldo Armas (born 1953), Venezuelan singer and composer
  • Tony Armas (born 1953), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Tony Armas, Jr. (born 1978), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Ximena Armas (born 1946), Chilean painter
  • Other uses

  • Naviera Armas, a Spanish ferry company
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