Hadendoa
Handoa (ko Handowa ) sunan wani yanki ne na makiyaya na mutanen Beja, wanda aka sani da goyon bayan tawayen Mahdiyyah a shekarun 1880 zuwa 1890.  Yankin da Haendoa ke zama a tarihi yana nan a wasu sassan Sudan, Masar da Eritriya.

Asalin kalmar 
In ji Roper (1930), sunan Haɖanɖiwa ya ƙunshi haɖa ‘lion’ da (n) ɖiwa ‘clan’. Wasu bambance-bambancen su ne Haɖai ɖiwa, Hanɖiwa da Haɖaatʼar (’ya’yan zaki).

Harshe 
Harshen Handowa yare ne na Bedawi.

Tarihi 

Kudancin Beja wani yanki ne na masarautar Kirista ta Axum a cikin ƙarni na shida zuwa goma sha huɗu. A cikin karni na goma sha biyar, Axum ta faɗa cikin musuluntar yankin Sudan, kuma ko da yake Beja ba a taba yin kasa a gwiwa ba, amma sun shiga Musulunci ta hanyar aure da kwangilar kasuwanci. A cikin ƙarni na sha bakwai, wasu daga cikin Beja sun faɗaɗa kudu, suna cin abinci mafi kyau. Waɗannan sun zama Handoa, waɗanda a ƙarni na goma sha takwas su ne manyan mutanen gabashin Sudan, kuma koyaushe suna yaƙi da kabilar Bisharin. 

An gudanar da bincike mai zurfi a kan kabilun Masar a karshen shekarun 1800 kuma an kai wasu kwarangwal na mutanen kabilar Handoa zuwa Kwalejin Likitoci ta Sarauta don auna su da nazari.  

A al'adance Handowa mutane ne makiyaya, wanda wani sarki na gado ne ke mulki,  da ake kira Ma'ahes. Daya daga cikin mashahuran sarakuna shi ne Janar Mahdist mai suna Osman Digna. Ya jagorance su a yakin, daga 1883 zuwa 1898, da Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ( United Kingdom and Egypt suna gudanar da mulkin hadin gwiwa a Sudan.    Sun gwabza filin infantry square  na Biritaniya a yaƙe-yaƙe da dama, kamar Yaƙin Tamai a 1884 da kuma Yaƙin Tofrek a 1885  kuma sun sami kishin kishi saboda jarumtakarsu.  Bayan sake mamaye Sudan ta Masar (1896-98), Handoa ta karɓi sabon tsari ba tare da demur ba.  

A yakin duniya na biyu, Handoa sun hada kai da turawan ingila don yakar Italiya.

A cikin shahararrun al'adu 
Gashin da aka yi musu dalla-dalla ya sa aka ba su suna Fuzzy-Wuzzy a cikin sojojin Burtaniya a lokacin Yaƙin Mahdist, bayan haka Rudyard Kipling ya rubuta waƙar da suna iri ɗaya.

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