Abaq
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Allahayoow Ferenjigii muxuu, nacas fariideeyey
Faa'iido laawiyo muxuu nin ragga, feyl ka wada yeedhshay
Nimaan aabihiis fuuli jirin, faras muxuu saaray
Sayid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan
Allahayoow Ferenjigii muxuu, nacas fariideeyey
Faa'iido laawiyo muxuu nin ragga, feyl ka wada yeedhshay
Nimaan aabihiis fuuli jirin, faras muxuu saaray
Sayid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan
As a scion of the House of Ogaden, it would be amiss for me to start my piece without quoting the poetry of the Sayid of the Somalis, the first and the last of them, Sayid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan, prince of the House of Ogaden, may Allah have mercy on him and be pleased with him. In these lines, the Sayid laments how the coloniser after his arrival debased the once noble clans and raised the ignoble lowly ones to status and authority. In the last line "Nimaan aabihiis fuuli jirin, faras muxuu saaray" he paints a poignant picture of how the coloniser made horsemen of men whose forefathers had never ridden a riding beast before, let alone be competent in the equestrian arts. The Sayid expresses his frustration at how the lowly ignoble clans with no history to speak off had been favoured and given preferential treatment by the coloniser, and by necessity, how the noble clans with history and prowess before the coloniser arrived had been totally sidelined, ignored, and worse, subdued.
Before colonisation, in the Somali peninsular there were clans that were far ahead of the pack, clans with nobility and history. Clans such as the Ogaden which had a functioning traditional authority with some level of state development. The Ogaden had just conquered large swathes of the of the Somali peninsular, enslaving and subduing countless natives and confiscating millions of head of cattle and sheep in the process. The Ogaden conquest had reached far into the foothills of the Abyssinian highlands to the North and West, and deep into Central Kenya in the south. Sultan Abdi Ibrahim, may Allah have mercy on him, the abbaanduule (commander of the military) of the Waamo Ogaden Sultanate based in Afmadow was martyred in Central Kenya beyond the Ewaso Ngiro river in Central Kenya whilst on an official expedition for instance.
Other clans ,such as the Majeerteen on the North Eastern coast of the Somali peninsular, had set up seafaring sultanates with a brisk seaborne trade. Their political control surpassed traditional Majeerteen lands to include the land of other tribes with a state structure not too dissimilar from that which existed in the Arabian peninsular. For example, the Hobyo Sultanate had a standing army, a functioning court, and a legal system based on Shariah Law.
Whilst this was the case for some Somali tribes, other tribes were sadly still stuck in the Dark Ages. Barbaric, divided, and culturally, socially, and politically regressive, they were no better than bandits and highway robbers still living in the Bronze Age. However, with the arrival of the coloniser, the sad situation the Sayid lamented came to arise as the once noble clans were subdued at the barrel of the gun by the Europeans and Abyssinians using their sophisticated modern weaponry. For example, the Ogaden in Jubbaland lost 20,000 camels in one battle on one day to illustrate the level of violence and brutality that was unleashed on them. The Majeerteen too were not spared and their sultanates were destroyed by Italian frigates and naval bombardment.
Other the other hand, the ignoble bandits and savages saw an opportunity in the arrival of the coloniser to turn around their sorry state of affairs. They became the colonisers eyes and ears, ever eager to obey their commands and fulfill every request no matter how humiliating. In return, they were lavished with weapons, wealth, and authority.
Waxaa murugo iyo qoomamiyo, maanqashiyo ciil leh
Maskax iyo garaad iyo wixii, muruqba kaa liita
Markuu adiga sharaftaad mudnayd, kaa maroorsado’e
Macalin Dhoodaan
(The poet laments how painful it is when you are bested by someone who is your inferior in every facet)
Maskax iyo garaad iyo wixii, muruqba kaa liita
Markuu adiga sharaftaad mudnayd, kaa maroorsado’e
Macalin Dhoodaan
(The poet laments how painful it is when you are bested by someone who is your inferior in every facet)
This situation continued until the Madhalays (Infertile) Republic was proclaimed on the 1st of June 1960. Within this new state, all Somalis were now suddenly declared equal; the scion of nobility, history, and honour was to eat from the same plate as the scion of savages and highway robbers. Those with a history of statehood, law and order, were to share a state with a people with no concept of authority or any form of civilisation. Unsurprisingly, the Madhalays Republic was an abject failure and the civil war of 1991 was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Which brings me to today. Einstein is reported to have defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results". Today, in the so-called capital of the Madhalays (Infertile) Republic, certain segments of society claim ownership of it over other citizens, to the extent that citizens not from the dominant tribe are extradited from the city and told to "go back to where they came from". My question is, for how much longer will the noble clans continue to insist to share a state with such people?
It is my view and the view of an increasing number of other noble born people that it is time to end this experiment and to declare the Madhalays (Infertile) Artificial Somali Republic dead once and for all and let nature take its course. Those with history and civilisation will thrive and prosper, and the descendants of bandits and highway robbers will return to the state of the forefathers.
كل شيء يرجع الى اصله
Everything returns to its original state
Arabic Saying
Everything returns to its original state
Arabic Saying
Finally, my advice to the noble clans is this: cut your losses and say goodbye to this failed experiment. Some people are just destined to sink no matter how hard you try to save them. Save yourselves and move on with your lives.
Waxaad aadamoow maagan tahay, adiyo maankaagu
Iyo meel Ilaahay ku marin, kala mid weeyaane
Qamaan Bulxan
(Man strives to achieve things, but Allah decrees what He SWT wills)
وبالله التوفيق
Abaq
Iyo meel Ilaahay ku marin, kala mid weeyaane
Qamaan Bulxan
(Man strives to achieve things, but Allah decrees what He SWT wills)
وبالله التوفيق
Abaq
it’s till death do us part get comfy Cuzo.
