Can't have an Oromo migrations without the Ahmed Gurey jihad, can't have the jihad without the conquest of most of the horn of Africa by Amde Seyon.
Why did Islam retreat from the highlands? Amde Seyon
Why did the Habesha Empire emerge as the dominant power? Amde Seyon
Why was Adal a subject of Ethiopia that would rebel starting the wars that would culminate in the Ahmed Gurey jihad? Amde Seyon
Before his reign, the Habesha kingdom was just a kingdom in Ethiopia, with many other kingdoms of equal size and importance. After his reign, there is only Habesh and a rump, vassalized Ifat state, setting the stage for all proceeding history. He is the Napoleon of the Horn of Africa, in that the order preceding his reign was entirely wiped away to the extent that the list of place names and kingdoms of the Muslims at the Battle of Das is mostly unrecognizable, as they represented a political order entirely wiped away by his campaigns and an entirely new political order put in its place. If there had been no Amde Seyon, Ethiopia would be a Muslim country today.
The Oromo migrations happened due to the weakness of both Adal and the Habesha kingdom to resist them due to decades of war, but it was a reaction to proceeding events.
One of them gave me their abtiris@James Dahl are you the one from Abtirsi.com?
If you are, whats your evidence for the Ifat rulers being Ogaden?
One of them gave me their abtiris
Interesting. I personally never heard it before. Ahmed Gurey being Karanle and Amir Nuur being Marehan are popular but Ifat being Ogaden is new.
They're sort of hiding in plain sight, the Somali name for their dynasty isn't Walashma but rather Wilinwili.
Interesting, thank you.
What do you know about the Harlas? Who were they assimilated into?
Xarla are a clan who lived north of Harar until the devastation of their homeland shattered the clan and they went in many directions and assimilated into many clans and nations. Some historians believe they were originally Semitic speaking, however there is another tradition where Xarla are one of the original Sagaalka Samaale, their Abtirsi being originally Xarla Xariire Samaale.
The largest remaining fragment of the Xarla nation was adopted into Darod and are Xarla Koombe Kablalax Daarood today.
I see. Interesting.
Have you done research on the Ciise - Afar conflict and history? I read that the latter claim Ciise to be paternally Afar but who at some point started speaking and identifying as Somali.
Interesting. I personally never heard it before. Ahmed Gurey being Karanle and Amir Nuur being Marehan are popular but Ifat being Ogaden is new.
Ahmed Gurey was Dir, the Walashma Dynasty that ruled both Ifat and Adal Sultanate were Dir. Imam Nuur was Harari. You need to stop the Darood propaganda. Ogaden never lived in any Ifat or even Adal territory.
Do you know who fathered the Walashma Dynasty? It was Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn and according to Harari scripts, he was Dir.
@James Dahl Do you know who Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn AKA Aw Barkhadle is?
Was that directed at James? sxb, I'm Abgaal.
Now did you know Ahmed Gurey was also born in Zeila a historical Dir city and he was part of the Walashma Dynasty? He's also Dir, period.
Wasn't he born in Hubat?
There are no extant documents that list his birthplace, any one that does is baseless speculation
I do indeed. One point that people should keep in mind is that al-Kawneyn had no children. It even says so on his grave.@James Dahl Do you know who Sheikh Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn AKA Aw Barkhadle is?