[1][2] The king of Jarin rule extended from Massawa on the Red Sea coast, to the frontier of Gash-Barka having borders with the Baqlin kingdom.It was one of the six Beja kingdoms noted by Al-Yaqubi.
Al-Yaqubi noted that Muslim Arabs visited the kingdoms for trading purposes.
[4] The primary commercial activities of the Beja kingdoms were mining and slave trade.
Amid Beja rule, most of the descendants of the Axum empire were either driven out of the region or sold as slaves.
[5] Cities within the Kingdom of Jarin's territory included Suakin and ‘Aydhab.