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Mogadishu and the new National Park in Waberi. 🏢🌳🌴🇸🇴 #Somalia

Sa'ad ad-Din Islands. The Somali archipelago in the vicinity of Zeila was named after the medieval Sultan Sa’ad ad-Din II. 📸: Dear Studio.

Inscription, Aweis Qarni Mosque, Mogadishu. Ruins of mosque, Nimmo, Somalia.

Ruins of Abasa, Awdal region. 1930s. A medieval Somali town with more than 200 stone houses, and a main mosque, dating back to the Adal Empire period.

🧵 When the Mamluks allied with the Bar Sa'd al-din and the Somali ruler of Luhayyah to overthrow the Tahirids of Yemen

@SRothhstein A land invasion linking up with the other Mongol polities is also absurd, they would immediately run into a wall with the Mamluks, then the Makurians, early Ifat, etc. Unless they went through Yemen and then prepared a landing in modern Djibouti. Nightmare scenario.

@SRothhstein Also, based on the low-quality ships they used against Vietnam and Japan, their fleet would probably never make it intact across the Indian Ocean to Mogadishu, unlike the later Ming Dynasty.

Yuan Dynasty era celadon vase found in Mogadishu. In the 13th century the Sultanate of Mogadishu’s trade with Asia was active enough to attract the attention of the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, who dispatched several envoys.

A fort erected by the Dervish State under Sayyid Muhammad Abdullah Hassan. It controlled the only watering well for miles, where a 10% tax was levied on all pastoralists who used it.

Goobweyn, Somalia. 🇸🇴

@hornaristocrat Yeah, it’s pointless. Low ROI by pushing this any further. I genuinely thought you would present new information, I could benefit from, not task me with listing sources on a Friday.

Old Zeila, 1974. The former capital and paramount seaport of the Ifat Sultanate, the Adal Empire, and the Avalites of the Ancients. A significant part of the ancient Somali city lies submerged under water.

@hornaristocrat You just stated that one of the oldest centers of Islam in the horn was never a capital, when there are countless scholars stating the opposite. I expected you to contradict them with your own sources, not ‘trust me’.

@Blueparadise252 What?

@hornaristocrat The slow but steady erasure of Zeila’s prominence as the center of the Islamic realm of the Horn is a decades old Pankhurstian-Tamratian seedling come to fruition.

@hornaristocrat I have to call you out. This is very passive aggressive behaviour. You made an inflammatory and condescending drive-by statement, and when pressed, revealed that I’m not worthy of an essay or sources that I could fact check myself. Disappointed.

This is 17th century English, hence the spelling of certain words.

Mogadishans in the Sultanate of Mayotte. 1615.

The Somali Muufo (Oven) This is a rare cross-section of a traditional oven. It was used to make the famous Muufo bread amongst other items. The cooking pot as lid was a time and energy saving trick and allowed mothers to bake bread and cook the accompanying stew at once.

@hornaristocrat This is an unacceptable answer, considering the manner of your previous reply. State your sources that back your claims.

@Blueparadise252 Zayla was never the capital of any state, and Avalites was most likely on the Afar coast.

@hornaristocrat What is false?

@Blueparadise252 Entirely false, please double check before posting.

A day in the life of Saylac — May 7, 1887. 140 years ago. No cars. No electricity. No internet. Just merchants, community gatherings, celebrations, and everyday life in one of the Horn of Africa’s oldest port towns.