Vintage Somaliland Photos

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There was a somaliland photo gallery on somnet, but after finding many old pictures, i thought it was a good idea to post some here.

African heads of state for the OAU summit. circa 1960

Prime minister Egal 2nd from the right on the top row

Prime minister Haji Egal with Emperor Haile Selassie

Somaliland Sultan awarded by the Queen at Aden, circa 1950s

Official portrait of the 26th Warsangeli Sultan, Sultan of Sultans of Somaliland, Mohamud Ali Shire

Somaliland delegation in the 1950s

Somaliland delegation to the UK, circa 1950s

Head of State Egal, with Egyptian revolutionary Gamal Abdel Nassar

 

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Queen awarding Warsangeli Sultan circa 1950s

Another Somaliland delegation in London

Grave, berbera 1895

Hargeisa leaders at the official annual opening of parliament , 1959

From Left to right: Maykal maryama, Garaad ali jama, unkonw, unkown, Sir Douglas, Haji Egal, Phillip Carell, Ahmed Keyse

Dooxa Hargeysa

Kids playing football in Borame

 

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Not sure but i think this was at Daroor, early 1900s

Ducaale

 

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Nov 20, 1958, British visit to Sheekh School

June 26, Independence day, Somali flag raised in Hargeisa

 

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Somaliland Elders in Hargeisa during June 26 Independence Day

 

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Italian colonial army invading British Somaliland

Italian forcers inading British Somaliland

Somaliland students in 1945

Image from 1903, camel corps from India helping British fight the Dervish

Arab italian forces invading British Somaliland

April 16, 1960. Somaliland Premier meets with Italian Somaliland(UN trusteeship) Mr Abdullahi in Mogadishu

 

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Hunting expedition

British flag comes down signifying end of Protectorate rule

More elders attending independence ceremony

Somaliland sailors serving in Singapore on HMS Venus (1916)

 

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The next few photos are of the Somaliland community in Britian, they settled as sailors, many went back to Somaliland after a short stay but some stayed on. A famous Somlai-Briton is Abby Farah, you may have already heard of him, he was a politican as well.

Historical somali neighbourhood in East London

Club rio, a club for Somali seamen

Abby Farah

Abby farah more recently

Also, unrelated to wales:

 

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Hargeisa native Umar Arteh Ghalib serving as President of the UN Security Council

 

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1993, Borama conference

Radio Hargeisa, first somali radio station

Hargeisa, pre genocide

Street in Berbera

 

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2000 isaaq dervishes met British forces and Britain suffered 50 casualties. 1913, south of Berbera

Hargeisa, circa 1920s

Hargeisa had a lot more trees back then, i read somewhere that it used to be a forest. It's a shame they've been cut down.

 

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19th century engraving of Zeila(Saylac)

Also, can i just note that Zeila's population has decreased throughout the years, it was a bustling city, as it was the capital of the former Adal Sultanate, and regional capital of other kingdoms. This image is from the 1940s, and is much more populous from todays standards.

 

[TheWeekday]

Good thread walaal.I hope you update us everytime you come across historical pictures of the fatherland

 

[Gambar]

2000 isaaq dervishes met British forces and Britain suffered 50 casualties. 1913, south of Berbera

Hargeisa, circa 1920s

Hargeisa had a lot more trees back then, i read somewhere that it used to be a forest. It's a shame they've been cut down.

Yes my mother said Hargeisa used to be cold growing up she'd wear a sweater. The cutting down of trees probably contributed to climate change there.

 

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Somaliland students in 1945

Pic above was taken in Sheikh,

Department in the various towns, giving a three years' course in English, Arabic, arithmetic, the Qoran, nature study and hygiene. From here, the most promising pupils go to the Primary School at Sheikh, 40 miles inland from Berbera, where history, geography, science, technical work and gardening are added to the curriculum. The boys, whose ages range from 13 to 17, are the country's future teachers, Government minor officials and administrators. They live in dormitories on the usual English boarding school lines and play football, hockey and other British games. The Headmaster is an Army Captain who was a school-master in England before the war, and the more advanced subjects are taught by British officers. There are also several Somali teachers, including Mahmoud Almed, whose work for theeducationof his people has been rewarded with an MBE. Picture shows:- The Sheikh School Football Team.

Lieutenant Lloyd of Maidenhead, an English master at Sheikh [British boarding school), talking to students during “break” in what was then British Somaliland ~ C. 9 July, 1945

 

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Unrelated to Somaliland but I really liked this pic from konfur. You could sense the pride and self respect they had back than.

President Aden Abdulle Osman, Prime Minister Abdirashid Sharmarke Gen Hussein Kulmiye Afrax.

Rare pic for Cusmaan Yuusuf (left) creator of the Osmanya Script with his nephew Yaasiin. Yaasiin was influential in the Somali linguistic circles during the 1950s at a time when a national writing language hadn’t been chosen.

 

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Berbera 1920's

 

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British Somaliland

 

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Today In History: January 2 - 1945: New Anglo‐Ethiopian agreement is signed A new Anglo‐Ethiopian agreement is signed in Addis Ababa, Ethopia reaffirming the independence of Ethiopia, and that Ogaden territory and certain other areas bordering British Somaliland inhabited by Somalis shall remain under British Military Administration.