Archive for the ‘Taariikh’
TAARIIKH XASUS MUDAN RASALWASAARE CABDIRASHID CALI SHARMARKE IYI MADAXWYNE JOHN OF KENNEDY DAAWO
HALKAN KA DAAWO TAARIIKDAN OO XASUUS MUDAN (more…)
History Of The Adal Empire of The Horn Of Africa
Awdal or Adal Empire of the horn of Africa, occupied most of current Eastern Ethiopia, all of the Republic of DJibouti, and Northern Somalia(Somaliland). It enjoyed long prosperous civilizations that lasted for centuries. (more…)
Taariikh Nololeedkii Marxuum Maxamed Xasan Mataan
Marxuum Maxamed Xasan Mataan Wuxuu Curad u ahaa Aabihi Xasan Mataan Axmed, Isagoo la dhashay 9 Wiil iyo 9 Sagaal Gabdhood. (more…)
Reprinting of Polarizing Despots: Baseless Claims On “Saylac” By a Clan Who Predominately Resides in Djibouti Has No Merit or Historical contex
Introduction: The historical and brotherly relationship between Somaliland and Djibouti went rock bottom since 1977, when Djibouti-former French Somaliland became a semi-independent state. Somaliland was the traditional sanctuary for the people of Djibouti, where they feel safe from the ravages of the brutal French colonial authorities. While on the other hand, Djibouti authorities have imposed undeclared sanctions on the people of Somaliland in their hour of need. (more…)
What Next for Zeila After Ugas Mustafe’s Coronation?
As the 19th Ugas of Issa tribe, my paternal uncles, was concluded amid an extra ordinary week-long razzmatazz and pompous ceremony attended by dignitaries from Djibouti, Somali-land and Ethiopia’s Zone Five in the medieval town of Zeila, many people in Somali-land in general and Awdal and Selel communities in particular are asking themselves what next? Traditionally, Issa’s ceremonial Ugas-es were always crowned – at least in recent memory – in the Somali-inhabited region of Ethiopia, particularly in the immediate vicinity around Dire Dawa, or Diridhaba as popularly known among Somalis where Issa tribe is ubiquitous.
A visit to Gadabursi Land (By Major.R.G Edwards Leckie) in 1903.
Curious Abyssinian Order Tribe. Illustrated with the author’s own photographs.
HE beginning of October 1903, found our caravan hustling along the Abyssinian boundary towards Jiffa Medir, where my companion and I were to meet an akil, or native chief, detailed by the Consul at Zeila to guide us through the Gadabrusi country.
