100 Somali warrior prisoners of war forcefully assimilated into the Afar ethnic group in 1842

[Defendant]

''The Wema Danakil (Afar) have 100 Somali archers, originally prisoners taken in their wars with different Somali tribes: though considered as incorporated with their masters, they still preserve their native language, and never intermarry with the Danakil, by whom they are employed, because that people is said to believe shooting with bows and arrows to be unlawful.''

Book:
James, Henry (1867) Routes in Abyssinia


Those who want to read the online version of the book:
https://archive.org/stream/routesinabyssini00cookrich/routesinabyssini00cookrich_djvu.txt


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[Marquis]

What is the name of the Warsangeli assimilated Afar clan? The Djibouti PM?

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[Defendant]

What is the name of the Warsangeli assimilated Afar clan from? The Djibouti PM?

@Defendant

Not sure.

But I'm more inclined to think that these were Ciise/Dir Somalis and not Warsangeli.

 

[FendiFanatic]

What is the name of the Warsangeli assimilated Afar clan? The Djibouti PM?

@Defendant

We don’t live near Djibouti what the f*ck we only live in Sanaag Bari and a little bit of Ethiopia