Jarin

Jarin was a Beja kingdom on the Red Sea, described by al-Yaqubi in the ninth century. Its territory included Massawa and extended inland toward Gash-Barka; the trading towns of Suakin and Aydhab governed themselves under Egyptian protection.

Jarin was eventually absorbed into the Balaw kingdom in the later Middle Ages. Later, the Ottoman commander Özdemir Pasha occupied Suakin and Massawa. In 1557 the Ottomans established Habesh province; its administration soon moved across the Red Sea from Massawa to Jeddah.