Sultan of Mogadishu rode Elephants

Emir of Zayla

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This book is also the same source for the interesting tombs of Mogadishu that was posted by @Emir of Zayla a while back. The Asian interpreter of the English was apparently shocked at the grandeur of those monuments;

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@Three Moons
One fascinating thing I’ve read in the book is a detailed description of the Royal Tombs in Mogadishu. It even marks the place where the tombs are located in; 2 miles away from the Old Town in a valley in between two hills.
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Each succeeding Sultan and their wives are buried in their own separate tombs built of white and black marble filled with gold and marble pedestals with a cupola built on top of the chamber. The European traveler compares it even to tombs of nobility in Europe.
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Even the Sultan’s kin, court officials, generals and governors/emirs receive the same privilege of residing in the royal tombs.
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Emir of Zayla

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@Three Moons
One fascinating thing I’ve read in the book is a detailed description of the Royal Tombs in Mogadishu. It even marks the place where the tombs are located in; 2 miles away from the Old Town in a valley in between two hills.View attachment 319780

Each succeeding Sultan and their wives are buried in their own separate tombs built of white and black marble filled with gold and marble pedestals with a cupola built on top of the chamber. The European traveler compares it even to tombs of nobility in Europe.View attachment 319781View attachment 319782

Even the Sultan’s kin, court officials, generals and governors/emirs receive the same privilege of residing in the royal tombs.
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He also interestingly enough talks about the scholars of Mogadishu engaging in the arts and sciences more than any other neighboring city.
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Three Moons

Give Dhul-Suwayqatayn not an inch of the Sea!
@Emir of Zayla the man from Canton, China who served on the English ship as an interpreter and eventually became a prisoner of the Sultan of Mogadishu for 14 years, also described the 20 foot tall stone prison complex with an elaborate dungeon. All of this would make for an interesting movie or tv-show if they took a page from the Shogun series;

Fancast πŸ˜„;

Steven Yuen as Molotto;

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Faysal Ahmed as the stoic Sultan of Mogadishu;

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Alisha Bo (Somali father) as the Sultan’s emphatic and sweet natured wife who convinces her husband to show mercy to the captives and make them prisoners instead of executing them.

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as the captain of the English ship;

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John David Washington as the Sultan’s vizier who oppresses the prisoners;

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At one point the captive also imagined himself to be made an equal citizen of the city, since his captivity, in his own words, passed in tranquility;

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Emir of Zayla

π•Ήπ–†π–™π–Žπ–”π–“ 𝖔𝖋 π•»π–”π–Šπ–™π–˜
@Emir of Zayla the man from Canton, China who served on the English ship as an interpreter and eventually became a prisoner of the Sultan of Mogadishu for 14 years, also described the 20 foot tall stone prison complex with an elaborate dungeon. All of this would make for an interesting movie or tv-show if they took a page from the Shogun series;

Fancast πŸ˜„;

Steven Yuen as Molotto;

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Faysal Ahmed as the stoic Sultan of Mogadishu;

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Alisha Bo (Somali father) as the Sultan’s emphatic and sweet natured wife who convinces her husband to show mercy to the captives and make them prisoners instead of executing them.

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as the captain of the English ship;

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John David Washington as the Sultan’s vizier who oppresses the prisoners;

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At one point the captive also imagined himself to be made an equal citizen of the city, since his captivity, in his own words, passed in tranquility;

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A decade of captivity in medieval African city, can he make it back alive to England?
 

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@Three Moons
One fascinating thing I’ve read in the book is a detailed description of the Royal Tombs in Mogadishu. It even marks the place where the tombs are located in; 2 miles away from the Old Town in a valley in between two hills.View attachment 319780

Each succeeding Sultan and their wives are buried in their own separate tombs built of white and black marble filled with gold and marble pedestals with a cupola built on top of the chamber. The European traveler compares it even to tombs of nobility in Europe.View attachment 319781View attachment 319782

Even the Sultan’s kin, court officials, generals and governors/emirs receive the same privilege of residing in the royal tombs.
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This was the year 1701 which is most likely hiraab imamate ruling there
 
But Somali nomads usually ride camels for transportation and warfare. Can you show the full reference to the source? Which period was this? Was this during the rule of the Muzzafar or Fakhruddin dynasties?
You aren’t Somali you Ethiopian, somalis never ride camels unless they’re sick or old.
 
Mogadishu has a long history tied to global trade. Somali traders and leaders may have brought Giraffes to China from Mogadishu.

African elephants are harder to train and ride, there were some instances in Africa, it did occur to some degree. That probably ads to why Elephants are considered symbols of wealth in North and East Africa. This likely happened during the Hiiraab Imaamate, which continued building the wealth and prosperity of Mogadishu after the Ajuraan Empire.
 
I saw a clip of a Somali prof that said while digging or building something like that they found a Minaret hidden below. His name was Shucayb.
This book is also the same source for the interesting tombs of Mogadishu that was posted by @Emir of Zayla a while back. The Asian interpreter of the English was apparently shocked at the grandeur of those monuments;

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Someone should tell that to the Somalis that are participating/making pirates and a refugee turning to prostitution movies.
All of this would make for an interesting movie or tv-show
 

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