Sheikh Awbare:
"Without returning the salutations of the Bedouins, who loudly summoned us to stop and give them the news, we trotted forwards in search of a deserted sheep-fold.
At sunset we passed, upon an eminence on our left, the ruins of an ancient settlement, called after its patron Saint, Ao Barhe: and both sides of the mountain road were flanked by tracts of prairie-land, beautifully purpling in the evening air." First Footsteps, Burton
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Tomb of Sheikh Awbare:
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Sheikh Awbube:
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In the Gadabursi country there is the ancient ruined town of AubΓ³ba, and at the head of the GΓ‘wa Pass, on a hill to the west, and about four hundred feet above it, are some massive ancient ruins, which must have once been a fort, commanding the pass. They are called SamawΓ©, from the name of a sheikh whose tomb crowns the ruins. The hill-top is surrounded by parallel retaining walls built of dressed stone, rising in steps from the bottom. In some places the walls were six or eight feet high, and there were remains of extensive ancient buildings filling the enclosure. Surmounting the whole in the centre was the ruin of a building of cut stone, which appeared to be the sheikhβs tomb." Seventeen Trips through Somaliland, Swayne.
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Sheikh Awbube in Futuh al Habasha:
"When the two columns of soldiers that were proceeding on the road came into each other's view, the idol-worshippers mounted a charge against the rear guard of the Muslims. Those in the rear guard held their ground, and mounted their horses. Among those in the rear was Zaharbui Utman, the sharif Ahmad and the Hegano 'Abd Allah, 'Ali Farasaham and the sheikh Kalil,
a descendant of Aububah - may God bless us through him, Amen. They were ten knights, and the idol-worshippers were around two-hundred. The Muslims charged the idol-worshippers, and a bloody battle was engaged, until their forearms became exhausted." Futuh Al Habasha
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Pyramid Tomb of Sheikh Awbube :
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