The Marya are a tribe in western Eritrea. They are mostly shepherds and farmers they inhabit the middle valley of the Anseba River in the Keren District. There split into two clans: the Marya qeyih and the marya tselam. They are related to the Mensa, Hazo and Tora peoples,[1] and form a subgroup of the Tigre people.[2]

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  1. ^ Brill. First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 5. p. 310.
  2. ^ Skutsch, Carl (2013-11-07). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. pp. 1200–1201. ISBN 978-1-135-19388-1.