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No way lol. Hiiraab is max 800 years old as a tribe while Ajuuraan were already firmly established in south by the 1300s. Yacquub would be born couple of centuries later. Vast majority of Hiiraab would have still been up north. Even Silcis Gurgaarate and Wadalaan Gurgaarte arrived before Yaquub in the south.Yea the Moorshe were originally Ajuuraan.
But Moorshe are not the oldest in Xamar tho.
I believe Jacub and Bafadal (Hiraab/Darandole) are much older.
I discussed the migration patterns in detail here.
Both Adal and Ajuran coincidently destructed in a similar timeframe, so migrations in Somalia were abundant. I read a mention of Isaq, Geri, Harti, MX and Other Dir and Karanle still living in Hararge today. In the North 1600s Dir were too far west and started moving back to the east. MX split three ways from Harar, some remained with the Geri and the general region, a group went south (Rer Hasan etc) and majority stayed in the current MX areas between Shilaabo to their old Ximan. The bulk of Hiraab moved south and captured Mogadishu. The Harti moved east from Sanaag. The Ajuran moved to Kenya. Gugundhabe held the long left bank of the Shabelle starting from Bale all the way to Afgooye until the Absame grew in numbers to leave northwestern Somalia and dominate the Ogaden region or desert. Karanles didn't migrate to Somalia during this upheavel nor did the Geri and some Dir clans, they faced the brunt of damages by Oromia, Afars and Gurages. Just like the Murusade part of Villa Somalias road was the most battle struck part of the Civil War.
Before 1600, there was a long Haysin caravan route that went from Harar to Berbera down the Nugaal valley, the desert inbetween the 3 was harsh but temporay, in times of the numerous Adal leaders of the 1400/1500 alot of experts and farmers came and built small towns. The oromo expansion also contributed to economy, they are more intelligent than Somalis and ruled Ethiopia many times now.
The Bimal were also in Tadjoura before they came to live with Sheekhaal in Merca. But the original southern clans of Karanles (including murusade), Garres, RX and old Hawiye clans like Silcis, Xaskul, Ajuran etc were part of the 1600 southern migrations. All these clans were already southern tribes and either migrated back to the North or dispersed even more. RX were two groups one in Harar and one in the Bakool Afdheer area. Garre moved from the baraawe-kismaayo hinterlands, into kenya and ethiopia. Murusade moved north from Barawe closer to Marka, Xamar and Afgooye while the central Murusades moved south in small groups to the river. Xaskuls, Silcis and remnants of Hawiye of the ancient south returned back to Xamar, or moved to Mudug or Harar. Digil and small samaales of ancient koonfur migrated up and down the coast they never crossed their side of the rivers much.
MX lived in Old Ximan, a vast area including the Nugal valley. Murusade is ancient and split up long before these wars from the Karanle. The Murusade that lived with the Hirab moved south from Nugaal. Another splinter Murusade already lived in Xamar and various migrations happened around Benadir. The Karanles were scattered between the 14 mountains from Harar to Imey. XL is also another ancient clan that had seperated before any wars and some lived in Ethiopia and some lived in the South before they met in the centre to dominate Hiiraan
The Murusade that were recruited or stayed behind in Harar are the Musetuur Codweyne living in Dire Dawa today. There have always been old Hawiye remaining around Harar continuously for over 2 millenia. Even Abgaal have a clan called Abdaal living in Hararge.
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