السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
There is substantial evidence of Maghrebi communities in the Somali peninsula, Maghrebi communities played in a important Role in Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Ghazi’s Conquests.
let’s start with futuh Al habesh, this book mentions Maghrebi’s quite often, for example Arab Faqih’s own teacher was a Maghrebi from Tunisia.
page 6 :
They reported on his conquest of Abyssinia, the whole of it: its plains and rugged mountains; and on his humiliating of its leaders and scattering of its treasures and setting fire to its churches. My lord, the shickh, the friend of God the Most High, and the son of God's friend Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Muhammed bin 'Abd al-Wahid bin Yussef bin Ya'qub al-QarSi al-Tunisi al-Magrabi al-Dahmani said
When the imam was sieging the people of BaliArab Faqih documents morrocan archers from the Riff reigon.
“Accompanying these was a fighter from Morocco called al-Hajj Muhammad. He shot [an arrow] at one of the idol-worshippers shattering his foot, and he died. To God belongs the credit for [the prowess of] two of the Muslim Arab archers who belonged to the people at Rif. The name of one
of them was 'Abd as-Salam, and the other was called Hasb an-Nabi.They never missed a target that they aimed at”
When the imam was embarking to conquer lake tana, he assembled the Mahara Arabs & Maghrebi fighters and sought advice about how to attack on sea.
“The imam then assembled all the sharifs, with the Arabs and those from the Magreb, and other from Mahra. He said to them: 'We know only open country and mountains. The sea is your livelihood; you know what
concerns it. So now, let us hear your opinion. What would you do in this situation?'
They replied, We need some pieces of thick wood; then watch what we do.' So the imam commanded the soldiers to bring all the pieces of wood. They gathered together for him a vast quantity of wood, and laid it
down by the shore of the lake”.
In Page 271, Maghrebi fighters served as Infantry men along with the other Arabs
“Also lined up in battle array were the Arab foot-soldiers, the Mahras, those from the Magreb, the sharifs, including sharif Nür bin
Ahmad and sharif Muhammad Handul, along with the soldiers of the army of Bahr who were sitting down”
Now let’s fast forward to the 19th century, Richard Burton visits Harar and documents Maghrebi veterans and Maghrebi bodyguards looking after the Amir of Harar, Richard Burton documents a long time Maghrebi veteran named Haji Mukhtar Burton also documents that he’s from Fes (modern day morroco).
These veterans are remnants of the Maghrebi fighters that assisted the imam. This thus explains why the sheikhaal clan family carry E-M81 as many of these men were not allowed to claim somali clans due to the Shegaad culture, so as a result created their own clan & thus were accepted in somali society.
There is substantial evidence of Maghrebi communities in the Somali peninsula, Maghrebi communities played in a important Role in Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Ghazi’s Conquests.
let’s start with futuh Al habesh, this book mentions Maghrebi’s quite often, for example Arab Faqih’s own teacher was a Maghrebi from Tunisia.
page 6 :
They reported on his conquest of Abyssinia, the whole of it: its plains and rugged mountains; and on his humiliating of its leaders and scattering of its treasures and setting fire to its churches. My lord, the shickh, the friend of God the Most High, and the son of God's friend Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Muhammed bin 'Abd al-Wahid bin Yussef bin Ya'qub al-QarSi al-Tunisi al-Magrabi al-Dahmani said
When the imam was sieging the people of BaliArab Faqih documents morrocan archers from the Riff reigon.
“Accompanying these was a fighter from Morocco called al-Hajj Muhammad. He shot [an arrow] at one of the idol-worshippers shattering his foot, and he died. To God belongs the credit for [the prowess of] two of the Muslim Arab archers who belonged to the people at Rif. The name of one
of them was 'Abd as-Salam, and the other was called Hasb an-Nabi.They never missed a target that they aimed at”
When the imam was embarking to conquer lake tana, he assembled the Mahara Arabs & Maghrebi fighters and sought advice about how to attack on sea.
“The imam then assembled all the sharifs, with the Arabs and those from the Magreb, and other from Mahra. He said to them: 'We know only open country and mountains. The sea is your livelihood; you know what
concerns it. So now, let us hear your opinion. What would you do in this situation?'
They replied, We need some pieces of thick wood; then watch what we do.' So the imam commanded the soldiers to bring all the pieces of wood. They gathered together for him a vast quantity of wood, and laid it
down by the shore of the lake”.
In Page 271, Maghrebi fighters served as Infantry men along with the other Arabs
“Also lined up in battle array were the Arab foot-soldiers, the Mahras, those from the Magreb, the sharifs, including sharif Nür bin
Ahmad and sharif Muhammad Handul, along with the soldiers of the army of Bahr who were sitting down”
Now let’s fast forward to the 19th century, Richard Burton visits Harar and documents Maghrebi veterans and Maghrebi bodyguards looking after the Amir of Harar, Richard Burton documents a long time Maghrebi veteran named Haji Mukhtar Burton also documents that he’s from Fes (modern day morroco).
These veterans are remnants of the Maghrebi fighters that assisted the imam. This thus explains why the sheikhaal clan family carry E-M81 as many of these men were not allowed to claim somali clans due to the Shegaad culture, so as a result created their own clan & thus were accepted in somali society.
