Somali History

[Dr Baraxoow]

the History of Somalia

The name Somali is originally came from the two Somali words of SOO and MAAL that means, “Go and milk it”. That shows that the Somali people were rural and herders, who moves from a place-to-place seeking for a good grazing lands.The history of Somali people dates back so many centuries. The first time the word Somali mentioned in a history books was 3500 years ago, when the queen of Egypt Hatsebshut sent a fleet of 5 large ships and a crew of 250 men to Somalia which the Egyptians called The Land of Punt. Punt means “THE LAND OF SPICES” from the aromatic plants that grow there. The Egyptians wanted to trade and they brought jewels and glass beads that they exchanged for gold, elephant tusks myrrh, ostrich feathers, spices and different beads. Some of these items, especially the aromatic ones were Egyptians used to their religious festivals and celebrations.The Egyptian merchants and explorers described that they came across a nation of dark-skinned people who lived in a raised huts set on stilts.

In 9th Century Ibn Batuta the great Berber traveller visited in Mogadishu and wrote about the people, their food and clothing and how they ruled themselves. In his book he mentioned that the people in the city were very fat and everybody ate as much as he cans, the Mogadishans, who he called the people in the city, wore very nice white clothes and turbans and their sultan was very powerful.
Between the 7th and 9th Cent. Immigrant Muslim Arabs and Persians established trading posts along Somali Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean coasts.



Somalia was an unknown country for European explorers until the Portuguese explorers reached the coastal cities of Somalia on their way to India. They called it Terra Incognita, which means the unknown land. These new discoveries encouraged many other European navigators to sail on the Somali coats of Red Sea and The Indian Ocean.

THE COLONIAL ERA.


British, Italian and French imperialism all played an active role in the region in the 19th century.
In 1884 the European powers conference in Berlin, they decided to divide Somalia in to five parts. The reason is that because the Somalis are one of the most homogeneous nations in the world with one language, religion and race.

The colonial powers divided Somalia in to British Somaliland in the north, Italian Somalia in south, French Somali coast in Djibouti, ****** in west and NFD. In early 19th century a Somali resistance against these colonial powers started, one of the strongest resistance was led by Sayed Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, which British empire gave the name of Mad Mullah. He began his opposition after his returning from Mecca and established his own army, which he called them The Dervishes recruiting from the local people and built his own headquarter in Taleex. In 1901 the fighting started be

[Dr Baraxoow]

******** Empire - Hydraulic engineering, several hundred fortresses in the Horn of Africa, defeated the Portuguese Empire, repulsed the Oromo conquerors, allowed muslim migrants fleeing instability from Europe to Asia to settle in it's domain

 

Empire of Adal - Zayla'i scholars that made a significant impact on Islamic teaching, Conquest of Abyssinia, build wonderful cities such as Zeila, Maduna, Amud, Harar and Bulhar with cisterns, mosques and walls

 

Kingdom of Ifat - fought the Abyssinian empire, predecessor to Adal, produced the great Sultan Jamal Ad Din II

 

Gerad Dynasty - build the beautiful city of Las Khorey with it's many fortresses

 

Mogadishu Civilization - It's capital city was known as the City of Islam, build some of the finest mosques in Africa such as Arba Rucun and Fakr ad Din which for centuries were the only mosques in East africa with minarets

 

Ismaan Sultanate - Build the Castle cities of Qandala, Botiala and Bandar Qassim and traded with Persia, India and China

 

Hobyo Kingdom - Sultan Kenadiid split away from the Ismaan kingdom and build the beautiful city of Obbia

 

Gobroon Dynasty - Military empire that defeated the Bardera wahabbis and forced the Omani empire to pay tribute. Imported the 50 thousand slaves from Zanzibar to work on plantations

 

Dervish State - led the longest colonial resistance war in African history, build the collosal fortresses of Taleex, established a state during the scramble of Africa when most of Africa was under European rule except for Ethiopia

 

The Warsangali Sultanate or Gerad Dynasty was a Somali imperial ruling house centered in northeastern and in some parts of southeastern Somalia. It was one of the largest sultanates ever established in the territory, and, at the height of its power, included the Sanaag region and parts of the northeastern Bari region of the country, an area historically known as Maakhir or the Maakhir Coast. The Sultanate was founded in the late 13th century in northern Somalia by a group of Somalis from the Warsangali branch of the ***** clan, and was ruled by the descendants of the Gerad Dhidhin. In the late 19th century, the influential Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire governed the Sultanate, assuming control during some of its most turbulent years. The Akil Dhahar ruled south of Sanaag and some portions of the Bari region. In 1884, the United Kingdom established the protectorate of British Somaliland through various treaties with the northern Somali sultanates, including the Warsangali Sultanate.

[Dr Baraxoow]

More to come, stay tuned.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Mahadsanid, kuna soo dhawoow goobta.

[Dr Baraxoow]

Thank you very much miskiin

[oba hiloowlow]

good stuff Aw-Baraxoow

[wiil]

this is not Kingofkings this is from abtigiis'

[LANDER]

You guys do yourselves and future generations a great disservice by spreading and continuing to spread falsehoods about Somalis and their supposed history. When was the word 'Somali' or 'Soo-mal' mentioned in any ancient egyptian writing reffering to the land of Punt? that is news to me it would be great to know the source. Far as I know the first refference to an ethnic people known as somalis is found in Ethiopian writing dating back hundreds of years not 'thousands'. We need more real historians, less people who spread non-sense.

[Haatu]

LANDER;857086 wrote:

Far as I know the first refference to an ethnic people known as somalis is found in Ethiopian writing dating back hundreds of years not 'thousands'.

So Somalis have only been around for 'hundreds' of years?

[RaMpAgE]

LANDER;857086 wrote:

You guys do yourselves and future generations a great disservice by spreading and continuing to spread falsehoods about Somalis and their supposed history. When was the word 'Somali' or 'Soo-mal' mentioned in any ancient egyptian writing reffering to the land of Punt? that is news to me it would be great to know the source. Far as I know the first refference to an ethnic people known as somalis is found in Ethiopian writing dating back hundreds of years not 'thousands'. We need more real historians, less people who spread non-sense.

If it hurts you so much why are you on this forum?

[LANDER]

RaMpAgE;857110 wrote:

If it hurts you so much why are you on this forum?

^

 

Not sure where you get hurt, but it seems to me your the one bothered by truth.

[Garnaqsi]

The first sentence is a myth, and even if it's taken as truth you get one big fat fallacy when you combine it with the second. My 10 year old cousin could string these sentences together in better form. I don't get why people waste their time 'writing' when they can't.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Haatu somalis were around they were just not called somalis

The name soomaal is very recent

I mean we have ibn batuta and only the fatuh al habash these two are the most important

There rest is very recent 17 18 19 century.

We are talking about people who have a written script since 1972.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

No wonder the goosashadoon anti-everything Soomaali mob are pissed off. That itself tells us something -- ereyga Soomaali waa jiray, waana jiri jiray, regardless who wrote it first or not.

 

Ha noolaato, ha jirto, hana waarto Soomaaliya iyo Soomaalida. Soomaali diidoow silic u dhimo.

[Showqi]

MMA, Ninkii aan Taariikhdiisa aqoon ayey dhibaato u taalaa. Inteena kale dugsigii hoose dhexe ayeeynu Taariikhda Soomaaliya ku soo baraney oo cidna iminka buhuu bahaa inagamma dhaadhicineyso:D Ereyga Soo Maal waa ereray muhiim ah oo ay awoowayaasheen ku dhawaaqi jireen mar kasta oo ay marti u timaado, martidaasi ama gaalo ha ahaadeen ama muslim ha noqdeen. Awoowayaasheen waxaa lagu yiqiin markasta oo marti u timaado in ay odhan jireen waar martidda u Soo Maala oo macnaheedu yahay martidda caano ha loo keeno (canahaas oo fresh ah). Awoowayaasheen waxay ahayeen dad deeqsi ah oo aan waligood ogoleyn in ay martidooda gaajo uga seexdaan, waana halkaas meesha aynu ka dhaxalnay magaca Soomaal ama Soomaali. Carabta, Xabashida iyo hindida ayaa marka ay wadankeena yimaadaan la odhan jiray u Soo Maala oo macneheedu yahay Geella, lo'da ama adhiga u Soo Maala ama caano uga soo lisa