Were all Somali tribes nomadic?

[mahamdov]

Rahween and some Hawiye They were farmers and sedentary And only the Somali south and northwest Somali regions were urbanized For this we find a historical record of these areas and We don't find it in the rest of Nomadic areas
While the rest of the regions were nomadic
The Nomads are savage, don't accept the law, and don't know what government is
As the principle of the Nomads was that his livelihood comes with his spear
And our Lord, this explains to us why the southern and northwestern regions are the most urban areas and where tribal wars do not occur Except that happened because of Siad Barre
Cowboys, sheep and farmers are the ones who are urbanites They often live in fertile areas
And those who live in the most desert areas and have little rain are the Nomads camel herders who do not have a settled area
The Arabs were Bedouins But now they are urban dwellers
How can we do the same thing with the Somalis? Or it is impossible

 

[Al hashimi]

sab and yibir were ironworkers and made things

 

[Idrus]

There were some somali farmers who were assimilated by oromo.

 

[Garaadka]

no, some darood clans were fishermen and farmers

 

[anon2]

no, some darood clans were fishermen and farmers

some were also traders of silk and other materials. Many Awrtable used to travel to Harar, Aden and Xamar according to one of my family members to trade things.

I honestly think the Nomadic lifestyle was dying by the time Italians and British came here but made a resurgence when the old gov under Siyaad promoted export of livestock - this is just my theory.

 

[Garaadka]

some were also traders of silk and other materials. Many Awrtable used to travel to Harar, Aden and Xamar according to one of my family members to trade things.

I honestly think the Nomadic lifestyle was dying by the time Italians and British came here but made a resurgence when the old gov under Siyaad promoted export of livestock - this is just my theory.

nomads are also basically part time merchants business men kkkk, some Ogaden sub clans were famous for selling praying carpet to everywhere in the horn

 

[mahamdov]

From a religious and social point of view
In Islam, the testimony of a Nomadic is not accepted
لا تَجوزُ شَهادةُ بدويٍّ على صاحبِ قريةٍ
The testimony of a Nomadic against a city dweller is not permissible.''
Also, when the people of Yemen came to the Prophet , the prophet praised them for being urban and not Nomads like Najd and Hijaz who were camel herders
As for the social aspect, what Ibn Khaldun hsaid that the Nomads, if they reached civilization, destroyed it or merged with it is an example of that.

 

[Garaadka]

From a religious and social point of view
In Islam, the testimony of a Nomadic is not accepted
لا تَجوزُ شَهادةُ بدويٍّ على صاحبِ قريةٍ
The testimony of a Nomadic against a city dweller is not permissible.''
Also, when the people of Yemen came to the Prophet , the prophet praised them for being urban and not Nomads like Najd and Hijaz who were camel herders
As for the social aspect, what Ibn Khaldun hsaid that the Nomads, if they reached civilization, destroyed it or merged with it is an example of that.

am not expert of religion but arabs at the prophet time were majority nomads and no ibnu khaldun doesn't say that to all nomads exempel for somalis he didn't say anything bad about us

 

[mahamdov]

no, some darood clans were fishermen and farmers

If you took about gari and jidwaaq they live in North West The rest of the Darood were nomads who may have recently become farmers They live in the most desert areas and those who live in the south have settled the area recently after 1850
That is why there is no historical mention of the north-east and religious and commercial cities such as the northwest and the south

 

[mahamdov]

am not expert of religion but arabs at the prophet time were majority nomads and no ibnu khaldun doesn't say that to all nomads exempel for somalis he didn't say anything bad about us

Yes, they were like most Somalis, shepherds of camels, and they had no law, and they were not interested in religion And they wrestle in times of drought
And it seems that this affected the genes of the Somalis, and that is why they are still killing each other in the tribe in 2023, while most of the world is trying to compete with the Europeans.

 

[mahamdov]

There were some somali farmers who were assimilated by oromo.

In the northwest and south there are still Somali farmers

 

[Arkan]

In the northwest and south there are still Somali farmers

The Abaskuul, Bartire, Yabarre (Jidwaaq), Gadabursi, Sacad Muse (HA), Geri & Jaarso are the farmers of the North. These clans started farming as early as the 1800s.

Though the nomadic pastoral mode of life is still a major livelihood in the Somali regional state, more and more pastoralists have been moving toward agropastoral activities in the past three decades. This change is seen in the increase of range enclosures, fencing, and permanent settlements that rely on cultivating sorghum, maize, and khat. The development of birkeda facilitated the growth of permanent settlements and the development of agriculture caused livestock movements to become more restricted. About 400,000 hectares of land are under cultivation in the Somali regional state. Recent years have also seen the expansion of privately operated large- and small-scale irrigation farming schemes in the state; about 28,000 hectares of pastureland has been put to use. In the Kebribeyah district, almost one-third of the land is being cultivated. Many nomadic clans, such as the Gadabursi, Yabarre, Gerri-Jarso, Bartire, and the Abaskul in the Jerer valley, have also turned to farming in high rainfall areas of Jijiga, Teferi Ber, and Gursum. This has been followed by a shift from communally to privately operated land.

Source: Environment and Society in Ethiopia

 

[kaahin13]

No i think some somalis were primarily merchants. And I think because of the rise of islam and arabs taking over the ME, the traditional trading networks we established with the outside world (i.e Romans) were cutoff. There is no recorded history on this about us, but the habesha who mainly relied on their merchantile enterprise with the romans and indians, basically fled the coast and moved into the mountians and their society became largely agriculture based. This could also be the case for somalis who mainly resided on the coast, then due to disruptions on our trading network fled inland and became pastoralists.

 

[Idrus]

The Abaskuul, Bartire, Yabarre (Jidwaaq), Gadabursi, Sacad Muse (HA), Geri & Jaarso are the farmers of the North. These clans started farming as early as the 1800s.


Source: Environment and Society in Ethiopia

We Somalis are about 12,000 years late to the farming game whilst others are already in the industrial one

 

[ℑ𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔱 𝔑𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔡]

What were the eidagale/habr yunis doing back in the day?

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Some were fisherman like Along the coast in bari area and Sanaag

 

[Natalie]

Many Hawiye groups were farmers going back to time they lived in Babille.
Parts of Mudug also had farming.

 

[Step a side]

Many Hawiye groups were farmers going back to time they lived in Babille.
Parts of Mudug also had farming.

Yep Hawiye are farmer.

 

[Prince of HS]

My family/sub clan are mainly agro pastoralists. So we combine farming with tending to livestock such as cows and goats. A bit north of our village and away from the fertile lands near the river, are those with camel