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Hagarim are called Muslamai in the Targum of Rabbi Onkelos. The Arabic scriptures refer to them as משלם.

Hagar is the epithet given to Keturah which was changed in an attempt to distinguish the two by the Karaites around 1000 years ago when they inserted the Nikudot into the Masoretic text. Hence Ha-Garim or Ha-Gerim or Ha-Geirim meaning The Gers or The Pilgrims or The Migrants or Hagarim are also sometimes referred to as Keturahites though no physical descent from Keturah is implied. One group of Hagarim were called Ishmaelites.

Hagarim are of three types:

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המאמינים
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