Do you know of Jabarah in the Horn of Africa?

[al-Mu'tamid المعتمد]

According to the Wikipedia page on Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, it states that he is from Jabarah in the Horn of Africa. However, I am not familiar with any place called Jabarah in the Horn of Africa. Do any of you know of this place?

 

[Bari🐍]

The source the wikipedia article uses says this, so I'm assuming it's the area around Zeila since that's where their family is from.

Anyways, I actually found the source interesting, he is described as one of the greatest historians in the Muslim world. I only knew a little about him, didn't know he was that important.

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[Burqad]

The source the wikipedia article uses says this, so I'm assuming it's the area around Zeila since that's where their family is from.

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Anyways, I actually found the source interesting, he is described as one of the greatest historians in the Muslim world. I only knew a little about him, didn't know he was that important.

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That is true. Jabarti was a general term for the region that eventually became applied only to the founder of the darood clan.

 

[Emir of Zayla]

His records are the most reliable source of info for Napoleon’s Invasion of Egypt. I might do a thread about Somalis in Egypt hmm

 

[silentshimbir]

Jabra was in reference to the burnt/scorching lands in the zelia region