The Casluhim or Casluhites () were an ancient Egyptian people mentioned in the Bible and related literature.
In Saadia Gaon's Judeo-Arabic translation of the Pentateuch, the Sa'idi people (i.e. the people of Upper Egypt) are listed in the position of the Casluhim in , while Albiyim is listed in the position of Pathrusim, however the ordering of Casluhim and Pathrusim sometimes vary in translations and the mainstream understanding is that it is the Pathrusim who are the Sahidic people and the Casluhim the people of eastern Libya.
Matthew Poole suggests that Casluhim and Caphtorim were brother tribes who lived in the same territory, presumably in Crete.
However, others (including Samuel Bochart) have identified Casluhim with the Colchis, noting that ancient sources including Herodotus and Jerome described the Colchians as being of Egyptian origin. However, claims from antiquity positing an Egyptian origin of the Colchians have been rejected by modern scholars.
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