Yes we used to call them Gaalo or in the english way 'Gaala'. It meant 'pagan' it didn't mean 'cawaan' as they are 'different' case all together. They used to worship Waaq and they had a group of Gallas called 'Suu maal'. They were named by 'arabs' on the coast because at first they were ok as pagans and brought the camel milk to the city from the interior, some stayed in the urban area but the bulk didn't and continued living this way of life. The booran has diffeent occupational activity like all Oromo.
The unique thing about them is they don't have Galla Sultanates, their job was to raid and sack villages, towns, and urban areas of Muslim Sultanates if they were not given what they want which is usually 'loot'. It's similar to the pagans in europe who kept wondering around the interior and sacking, pillaging, raping, squatting.
In-fact the European Galla eventually destroyed Rome. A Galla is a 'mind-set' they don't govern at all, they are bunch of 'free men' who keep moving about the interior and invading. This was huge threat to the 'arabs' who secured the coast of Somalia as you can see all the Mosques lined up across the coast which mean it's an arab coastal control. The arabs didn't mean the 'pagan' interior at first especially in the early periods(7th century).
It was around 12-14th period they became a nuisance because the 'galla' had spread all the way to the Ethiopian High-lands, they had control of the whole low-lands, the arabs knew something had to be done because the Amhara eventually amharized lots of them and started to learn their 'oromia' nation and how their 'people' are set-up. They told them about the pagan boorans who have a group of people called suu-maal in the interior of Somalia and they started to use them to raid the sultanates.
The Darod came from the 'sea' and penetrated the Suu-maal and islamized them in order to change the 'Suu Maal' culture to have 'sultans, isims, garaads, ugaas, etc' we basically used their language and created an 'arab' influenced governance on their tribes. But as @Teeri-Alpha knows full well and conceals the 'galla' is always kept away from power. They have no legacy, history, their susceptible still to lie, switch sides to Amhara, and the famous one 'destruction'.
This is what a Galla is known for mostly, they still carry on the legacy of their 'awooweyaal' to destroy governance, loot, and squat like they did to Harar and Mogadishu. Infact Hargeisa was their town also but they never 'reached' the coast-line, they seemed to 'break' thru 'ogaden' protection of the 'coast' so the galla can defeat the Darod at times but as 'Darod' waxani wala qarsan jiraye looma sheegi jirin xaqiiqda dhabta ah si aysan iyagu iyo oromadu isku soo noqon oo nagu soo duulin.
We had to break up Oromia especially the interior ones who are close to the coast and begin removing that filthy galla destruction mind-set
This isn't a joke as they were still pagan the suu-maal people in the 18th century and we were doing missionizing on them
My dad says do not ever tell them who they are. They know they are 'galla' as the 'galla' are the same as them, they are always controlled by 'nasab' clans who are trusted by the 'arabs' as we were sent to push them out or we were sent to penetrate their suu-maal culture and teach them Islam, make them stop drinking blood, we taught them to respect the urban centers and coast, we taught them Amhara hate so they are not used by him again. The worst thing we want is an 'amharized' speaking galla in our land, once this happens, we will not be able to hold the coast and darod legacy would have been for nothing a legacy of Islam struggle to hold the red sea for Arabia
The unique thing about them is they don't have Galla Sultanates, their job was to raid and sack villages, towns, and urban areas of Muslim Sultanates if they were not given what they want which is usually 'loot'. It's similar to the pagans in europe who kept wondering around the interior and sacking, pillaging, raping, squatting.
In-fact the European Galla eventually destroyed Rome. A Galla is a 'mind-set' they don't govern at all, they are bunch of 'free men' who keep moving about the interior and invading. This was huge threat to the 'arabs' who secured the coast of Somalia as you can see all the Mosques lined up across the coast which mean it's an arab coastal control. The arabs didn't mean the 'pagan' interior at first especially in the early periods(7th century).
It was around 12-14th period they became a nuisance because the 'galla' had spread all the way to the Ethiopian High-lands, they had control of the whole low-lands, the arabs knew something had to be done because the Amhara eventually amharized lots of them and started to learn their 'oromia' nation and how their 'people' are set-up. They told them about the pagan boorans who have a group of people called suu-maal in the interior of Somalia and they started to use them to raid the sultanates.
The Darod came from the 'sea' and penetrated the Suu-maal and islamized them in order to change the 'Suu Maal' culture to have 'sultans, isims, garaads, ugaas, etc' we basically used their language and created an 'arab' influenced governance on their tribes. But as @Teeri-Alpha knows full well and conceals the 'galla' is always kept away from power. They have no legacy, history, their susceptible still to lie, switch sides to Amhara, and the famous one 'destruction'.
This is what a Galla is known for mostly, they still carry on the legacy of their 'awooweyaal' to destroy governance, loot, and squat like they did to Harar and Mogadishu. Infact Hargeisa was their town also but they never 'reached' the coast-line, they seemed to 'break' thru 'ogaden' protection of the 'coast' so the galla can defeat the Darod at times but as 'Darod' waxani wala qarsan jiraye looma sheegi jirin xaqiiqda dhabta ah si aysan iyagu iyo oromadu isku soo noqon oo nagu soo duulin.
We had to break up Oromia especially the interior ones who are close to the coast and begin removing that filthy galla destruction mind-set
This isn't a joke as they were still pagan the suu-maal people in the 18th century and we were doing missionizing on them
My dad says do not ever tell them who they are. They know they are 'galla' as the 'galla' are the same as them, they are always controlled by 'nasab' clans who are trusted by the 'arabs' as we were sent to push them out or we were sent to penetrate their suu-maal culture and teach them Islam, make them stop drinking blood, we taught them to respect the urban centers and coast, we taught them Amhara hate so they are not used by him again. The worst thing we want is an 'amharized' speaking galla in our land, once this happens, we will not be able to hold the coast and darod legacy would have been for nothing a legacy of Islam struggle to hold the red sea for Arabia