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Shanshiyo
Shanshiyo ( Somali: Shanshiyo Arabic: الشاشي) or Shaanshi'' is a Somali clan, mainly from the southern coastal cities of Mogadishu, Marka, Baraawe and Kismayo which established communities in the hinterlands in towns such as Baidoa and Diinsoor due to trading. Overview The clan traces its ancestry to Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, a well-known and close companion of the prophet Muhammad. This group along the Benaadir coast first settled in the old quarter HamarWeyne and can still be found predominantly living in the houses around the masjid Awooto Eeday. All Shaanshiyos in Banaadir ancestry trace back to the common ancestor Abubakar Qaffal al-Shashi (from Shaash, which refers to what is now Tashkent)). From here, this group moved to other places along the coast and into the hinterlands of the former Banaadir. In Marka, they are part of the local confederacies called the 12 Koofi ( Somali: 12 hats) along with clans such as Duruqbo, Asharaf (Ba 'Alawi, Bin Hassan and Mahdali), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benadiri
The Banaadiri people ( so, Reer Benaadir, ar, البنادريون) are a nationality in Somalia. Banaadiris largely inhabit Somalia's southern coastline. Overview Although the Benadiri are sometimes described as the founders of Mogadishu (hence, their colloquial name ''Reer Xamar'' or "People of Mogadishu", though the city itself is postulated to be a successor of ancient Sarapion), the Benadiris originate from a group of Arab travelers who settled along the southern coast of Somalia and built stone towns for defense and trade. Their members also trace their origins to diverse groups. The latter include Arab, Persian and Somali people. Reer Xamar were instrumental in helping to consolidate the local Muslim community, especially in the coastal Benadir region. During the colonial period, they were also among the founding members of the Somali Youth League, Somalia's first political party.I. M. Lewis, ''A pastoral democracy: a study of pastoralism and politics among the Norther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12 Koofi
The 12 Koofi, more commonly known as Reer Marka, are a Somali confederation of clans inhabiting the city of Merca and other southern coastal towns of Somalia. Overview Reer Marka, also known as 12 Koofi are confederation of clans part of the larger confederacy Benadiri based in the southern port town of Marka. Members of this group of clans can also be found all over southern Somalia, especially coastal towns such as: Mogadishu, Baraawe, Kismayo, Gendershe, Dhanaane, Jilib, Marka and Jaziira. Language Reer Marka or the 12 Koofi speak a very unique dialect of the Somali language even though Lamberti labelled this the Albakri(duruqbo) dialect the locals call it Mah doonte or Aff May Doonte. Clan Tree This group of clans originally was originally made up of 12 clans hence the name 12 Koofi ( Somali: 12 Hats/Caps), however over the last century the number of clan groups part of this confederacy has increased due to merchant clans settling in from Baraawe and Mogadishu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biido
Bida ( Chimini: Bidda, Somali: Biida) or Bido are a clan confederacy based in Baraawe, South West State of Somalia and make up one of the groups part of the "todobo Tol" (roughly translates to 7 clans) also known as Bravanese people. Member clans of this clan umbrella can also be found in other confederacies further up the coast in Marka and Mogadishu. Overview Biida which translates to "settled" in Chimini is a clan confederacy now made up of 10 clans, where each clan came in different historical periods and joined over the course of the last millennia. The original members of this confederacies belonged to the Wa'ili, Amwawi, Jabri, Qahtani and other tribes from mainly southern Arabia. These Arabic names can still be found on the nisbas of the local families however in the course of times these names have changed locally, hence Wa'ili are called Ra Waali, Amwawi are called Ra Ma'limu, Jabri are called Gabra/Gabro and the Qahtani are called Reer Faqi. Any new arrivals fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awooto Eeday
The Awooto Eeday Mosque is a small mosque located in one of the old historical alleyways of Hamar Weyne in Mogadishu. Overview The mosque is said to have been built with the money of a pious woman who was known as Awooto Eeday (Awooto which means grandmother in the local dialect). Above the mihrab of this mosque there's a plate with inscriptions which bears the date of 1223 AH, which corresponds to 1845 on the Gregorian calendar, according to Prof. Sharif Abdalla. However, according Maria Roasrio La Lomia, the mosque could be a lot older and that date could reflect the renovation of an older mosque. Awooto Eeday ("Grandmother Eeday‟) mosque is the neighbourhood mosque for the Shanshiyo. It was here that Sheikh Abba spent much of his day in the last quarter century, for prayer, teaching his students, and talking with people. According to his son 'Abdirahman, the mosque was built by an old woman of the Reer Sheikh Muumin, and is on the site of yet an older mosque. See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashraf Dialect
Ashraf ( so, Af-Ashraaf) is a speech variety of uncertain classification within the East Omo-Tana sub-branch found in the Merca District, Marka district of the Lower Shabelle, Lower Shebelle region and Banaadir region of southern Somalia. Classification According to Blench (2006) there are two sub-dialects: Shangani District, Shingani and Lower Shabelle, Lower Shebelle. As noted in recent work on the speech variety, Green & Jones (2016):"''What we hope to have illustrated in this talk is that while Marka (Af Ashraaf) may be similar in certain ways to both Northern Somali and Maay, it nonetheless boasts a number of unique properties, particularly in its morphology, that we believe merit its treatment not as a Somali or Maay dialect, but as a language variety of its own''"A similar level of skepticism towards the labelling of other Omo-Tana languages in Somalia (''such as Maay Maay, Maay, Dabarre language, Dabarre, Jiiddu language, Jiddu, so forth'') is expressed in Tosco (2012)The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barawa
Barawa ( so, Baraawe, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Barawy'', ar, ﺑﺮﺍﻭة ''Barāwa''), also known as Barawe and Brava, is the capital city, capital of the South West State of Somalia, South West State of Somalia.Pelizzari, Elisa. "Guerre civile et question de genre en Somalie. Les événements et leurs retombées sur le destin d’une femme: Starlin Abdi Arush (1957-2002)." Cahiers du Genre 1 (2018): 193-213. It functions as a port town in the southwestern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. Facing the Indian Ocean, Barawa serves as the main port of the South West State of Somalia, South West State. History Origin The town of Barawa was founded around the year 900 A.D by Aw-Ali from the Dacfarad sub-clan of Tunni, a member of Rahanweyn. Aw-Ali inhabited in a wooded area between Aro Gaduud and Deeho (The red sand and the white sand). In early 900 A.D, before Aw-Ali founded Barawa, he observed large area between Goobwayn and Baraawe. Aw-Ali was looking for a place that best suited his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juunji
Juunji (Somali: Juunji Arabic:جونجي) are a Benadiri/12 Koofi The 12 Koofi, more commonly known as Reer Marka, are a Somali confederation of clans inhabiting the city of Merca and other southern coastal towns of Somalia. Overview Reer Marka, also known as 12 Koofi are confederation of clans part of the lar ... clan mainly from the southern coastal city of Marka. Overview According to Pantano (1910:15). "The Giungiu came from Hirab, after I Biimaal, about 200 years ago".{{Cite book, last=Pantano, first=Gherado, title=Nel Benadir la città di Merca e la regione Bimal, pages=15 The Juunji live in the east of the town of Marka with the Reer Maanyo in Awbaale, where they have small work huts near the fish market. The Juunji are traditionally blacksmiths and make knives and other metal products in these small work huts, but due to the dishonourable status given to blacksmiths in Somali society a lot of the younger generation have taken up other professions such as carpentry a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haatim
Haatim ( Chimini: Ra Haatimi, Somali: Haatim, Arabic: حاتم ) are a Somali clan from southern coastal cities of Baraawe, Marka, Kismayo and Mogadishu, they can also be found in the hinterland towns in the inter-riverine are of Somalia and further down the Swahili coast. The Haatim clan are synonymous with the town they first settled in, Baraawe and make up one of the groups part of the "todobo Tol" (roughly translates to 7 clans) also known as Bravanese people. Overview The Haatim trace their ancestry to Hatim Ta'iyy, a famous pre Islamic poet who lived in the 6th century, most notably the ancestor of the famous Sufi shaykh Ibn Arabi. The Haatim along the benaadir coast first settled in Baraawe and all Haatim in Somalia trace their ancestry to Mohamed bin Muslim bin Sabit bin Cali bin 'Abdullahi at-Tani, who is said to have arrived in Barrawe in 600 AH. From there different branches of Haatim moved to different cities along the Benaadir and Swahili coast and to the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaameedle
Gaameedle ( Somali: Gaameedle Arabic: جامدل) are a Somali clan mainly from the southern coastal cities of; Marka and Mogadishu. Overview The clan Gaameedle are said to be Hadarmi ancestry according to their elders and are said to be Al Hamdani in origin. Prior to colonisation the Gaameedle were known to have ruled Marka and were allied with the Ajuuran clan who had ruled Marka hinterlands for two centuries before the Biimaal took over the area outside the city. Near their mosque, in the heart of the ancient city, there is the ruin of a palace that is said to have been the seat of Wakil Samo Nayb, the last governor of Ajuran empire theocracy. Clan tree A summarised clan tree of the Gameedle is shown below: * Gaameedle ** Haji Warrow *** Aw Samow *** Aw Qaadirow ** Haji Abaas ** Haji Amin ** Osmankeey ** Qadhiib Distribution The Gaameedle are primarily based in Marka, however can be found in other coastal settlements in such as Mogadishu, Gendershe and villages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2,909,500 (2022). It is in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Tashkent comes from the Turkic ''tash'' and ''kent'', literally translated as "Stone City" or "City of Stones". Before Islamic influence started in the mid-8th century AD, Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures. After Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th century, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire; it became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamar Weyne District
Hamar Weyne District ( so, Degmada Xamar Weyne) is a district in the southeastern Banaadir region of Somalia. It includes a part of central Mogadishu. Hamar Weyne is the oldest district with in Mogadishu and up until 1938 the city of Mogadishu was made up of Shingani and Hamar Weyne.Somali word "xamar" means tamarind tree. Mosques Despite being one of the smallest districts in Mogadishu, the Hamar Weyne district is known for it many mosques and madrasahs. There are over 25 mosques in this district, which include: * 'Abdulkadir * 'Adayga (Aw Musse) * 'Ano Qube (Raqayga) * Aw Dhawariyo * Aw Haji Bawasan * Aw Mukhtar & Aw Sheikh Omar (The Twin Mosques) * Aw Osman Hassan *Awooto Eeday The Awooto Eeday Mosque is a small mosque located in one of the old historical alleyways of Hamar Weyne in Mogadishu. Overview The mosque is said to have been built with the money of a pious woman who was known as Awooto Eeday (Awooto which mea ... * Fakhrudiin * Faraj Bin 'Ali * Haji Abati Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of Adam in Islam, Adam, Abraham in Islam, Abraham, Moses in Islam, Moses, Jesus in Islam, Jesus, and other Prophets and messengers in Islam, prophets. He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets within Islam. Muhammad united Arabian Peninsula, Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the basis of Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born approximately 570CE in Mecca. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father Abdullah was the son of Quraysh tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, and he died a few months before Muhammad's birth. His mother Amina died when he was six, lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
