Arab observers ranked Sudanese tribes by women’s beauty as a moral marker

Evidence

I know that the more cultivated, populated part of the northern country is the region of the Bartï and the Zaghawa, due to their sheer numbers. And notice the wisdom of God: the two tribes live on one land, but the Bartï are purer of heart and prettier of face, with more beautiful women: the Zaghawa are the opposite. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 162

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Connects to the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ essay: beauty and dress judgments operated as class and moral signaling among Sudanese tribes too.