Zeila Ruled By Yemen

[Cush]

Beginning in 1630, the city became a dependency of the ruler of Mocha, who, for a small sum, leased the port to one of the office-holders of Mocha. The latter, in return, collected a toll on its trade. Zeila was subsequently ruled by an Emir, whom Mordechai Abir suggested had "some vague claim to authority over all of the Sahil, but whose real authority did not extend very far beyond the walls of the town." Assisted by cannons and a few mercenaries armed with matchlocks, the governor succeeded in fending off incursions by both the disunited nomads of the interior, who had penetrated the area, as well as brigands in the Gulf of Aden.[38] By the first half of the 19th century, Zeila was a shadow of its former self, having been reduced to "a large village surrounded by a low mud wall, with a population that varied according to the season from 1,000 to 3,000 people."[39] The city continued to serve as the principal maritime outlet for Harar and beyond it in Shewa. However, the opening of a new sea route between Tadjoura and Shewa cut further into Zeila's historical position as the main regional port.[40]

 

[Khaemwaset]

Wikipedia history

 

[Cush]

Wikipedia history

It makes sense, considering the fact that the city turned to complete irrelevancy after the fall of Adal, it was a huge metropolis and a centre of trade, yet today it is a village with not a single building remaining from it's glorious past and has tin houses, why the hell didn't they rise again???

 

[Khaemwaset]

It makes sense, considering the fact that the city turned to complete irrelevancy after the fall of Adal, it was a huge metropolis and a centre of trade, yet today it is a village with not a single building remaining from it's glorious past and has tin houses, why the hell didn't they rise again???

The whole horn was in a dark age from the fall of Adal/Oromo expansion till the 1800s when we started recovering again but sadly Europe arrived by then.

 

[Cush]

The whole horn was in a dark age from the fall of Adal/Oromo expansion till the 1800s when we started recovering again but sadly Europe arrived by then.

So the Yemenis came during that weakened state and took over, they don't even have a single building remaining from the time period, if they weren't ruled they'd be powerful rich merchants who dominated the red sea

 

[Khaemwaset]

So the Yemenis came during that weakened state and took over, they don't even have a single building remaining from the time period, if they weren't ruled they'd be powerful rich merchants who dominated the red sea

We need to compile everything into chronicles like the Habash.

Also, Somalis should really invest in taking back international trade in the region. Our ancestors from all recorded history were known for it but today we are not even close to our forefathers. To think Somali businessmen were chilling in Egypt whilst somali scholars went to China and translated books. Walahi we are nothing today.

 

[Cush]

We need to compile everything into chronicles like the Habash.

Also, Somalis should really invest in taking back international trade in the region. Our ancestors from all recorded history were known for it but today we are not even close to our forefathers. To think Somali businessmen were chilling in Egypt whilst somali scholars went to China and translated books. Walahi we are nothing today.

People are trying to hide this, so it will be hard, we need to send historians out to Harar and do excavations ourselves
Zeila's location alone if taxed can become a booming city

 

[Khaemwaset]

People are trying to hide this, so it will be hard, we need to send historians out to Harar and do excavations ourselves
Zeila's location alone if taxed can become a booming city

We already know of so many sites. So many ruins all around the Penisular. We need to qor the oral we have, collect the manuscripts and do our archeology and we'll have dozens of large books on Somali history.

 

[Madaafiic]

Show a primary source stating they ruled it?
Mordechai Abir was unironically an Israeli "Ethiopianist" who used some oral accounts, there are direct sources from Ottoman & Arab travelers alongside European orientalist which state; that "Berberoids" controlled the area - which counteract these statements. Later on Ottomans oversaw but it's doubtful any yemenites controlled anything in that area.

 

[Al Adnani]

It was a vassal state of the Emir in mocha on behalf of the ottomans, it was not ruled by Yemen but governed from Yemen

 

[HabarSteven12]

There is not a single mention of a Somali ruler in Zeila prior to the 19th century. Somali nomads entered the city of Zeila after the fall of the Adal sultante. Arab merchants from Yemen founded and built the historic town of Zeila. The word Zeila is literally of Arabic origin.

Various Arab tribes ruled Zeila at different intervals. Similar fortified walls constructed in Mogadishu were built in Zeila to avert nomadic incursions. Banu Aqeel, Banu Makhzum, Mawyanni, and various other Arab tribes historically ruled Zeila.

 

[HabarSteven12]

It makes sense, considering the fact that the city turned to complete irrelevancy after the fall of Adal, it was a huge metropolis and a centre of trade, yet today it is a village with not a single building remaining from it's glorious past and has tin houses, why the hell didn't they rise again???

Authors such as Ibn Hawqal, Al Muqaddaai, and Ibn Said have confirmed the early presence of Arabian tribes in municipalities such as Berbera and Zeila. They record and speak in great detail about the Arab tribes that lived in Zeila. Their subclan and the regions they controlled are well documented. Zeila was an Arab city until the 19th century.

Hussein Al Zaylici is a subclan of Banu Aqeel, according to the book Aqeeliyoon and three major Islamic historians. They ruled Zeila for a brief period of time. The Makhzumi Arabs also ruled Zeila. The Mawyanni Arabs ruled Zeila in the 10th century.

 

[awsaleban667]

Authors such as Ibn Hawqal, Al Muqaddaai, and Ibn Said have confirmed the early presence of Arabian tribes in municipalities such as Berbera and Zeila. They record and speak in great detail about the Arab tribes that lived in Zeila. Their subclan and the regions they controlled are well documented. Zeila was an Arab city until the 19th century.

Hussein Al Zaylici is a subclan of Banu Aqeel, according to the book Aqeeliyoon and three major Islamic historians. They ruled Zeila for a brief period of time. The Makhzumi Arabs also ruled Zeila. The Mawyanni Arabs ruled Zeila in the 10th century.

Why did Al Umari say Somali was the majority language in Zayal