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 However at the end of January 2012 the service to Madeira was abruptly withdrawn, the reason for this together with the future of the route being unclear.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
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Armas (disambiguation)
The Arma people are an ethnic group of the Niger River valley.
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