The Dread Doctor

Thread 🧵: The Banu Mahrah and their genetic relatives The Banu Mahrah are an ancient South Arabian tribal people rooted in eastern Yemen, Dhofar (Oman), and Socotra. Their history is tied to the Mahra region, maritime trade routes, and the preservation of the Mehri language —

@j3xpt5 No take. 🤣🤣

@lorefinalboss What is your take🤔

My guess is that, since SL is willing to forgive SSC terrorists, they are gonna forgive Somalia & create peace between them, then Somalia will finally let SL go and we get our full ictiraaf 🤷‍♀️

My point still stands: the Mehri founded the city of Eyl.

— a family was even between Lâq and Dolo. “

Translation: “When the wars between the Mullah and the Sultan of the Migiurtini began and lig was occupied by the Dervishs, the Mahri of Bosâso and those of llig dispersed south, passing part in the territory of Obbia and part in the Benadir. The small group of the Guardalui —

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قبائل المهرة نيمر كلمات الشاعر: مشعل نيمر المهري آل نير جزامُ الظَّهْرِ والسَّنَاذْ أهلُ الكَرَمْ والجُودْ وأهلُ النَّجَابَهْ تاريخُهُمْ مَسْطُورْ نُورْ ورشاذْ مِثْلَ الصَّوَاعِقُ مِنْ مَزُونِ الشَّحَابَهْ👏👏

The Mahri connection to Somalia reflects centuries of movement across the Indian Ocean. Coastal trade routes brought merchants, scholars, and families between southern Arabia and the Somali coast, creating communities with shared cultural and historical ties.

Cerulli recorded the presence of Arabian groups and families who settled among Somali communities through trade, migration, and religious connections. Among these were the Mahri, whose homeland lies in eastern Yemen and western Oman.

🧵Enrico Cerulli, The Horn, and the Mahri connection: Enrico Cerulli (1898–1988) was an Italian orientalist, linguist, and scholar who spent years studying Somali society, languages, traditions, and history during the colonial period.

Four noble Mehri men with a Dishishe man of the Ahmed Harti in the center. In Bosaso, there were seven forts: four belonging to the Bah Gareen of the Cismaan Maxamuud, two belonging to the Mehri Arabs, one belonging to the Dishishe, and one belonging to the Kaptanle.

@lorefinalboss Ours looks better 😂😂 since ur a fellow Arab naga qalay 😔😔😔

The Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra existed from around 1432 until 1967, centuries before modern Somaliland adopted its current flag in 1996. We inspired the design of their current flag. Mahra Sultanate: Left Somaliland: Right

@j3xpt5 Your comment has nothing to do with my post. I’m not questioning or even discussing whether you’re a country or not, I simply don’t care. You copied the colors and overall design, just swapped the crescent for the Shahada and added a star. If anything, you might owe reparations.

@lorefinalboss Nice but we’re a country 😬

Someone play “Back Down” by 50 cent. 😎🤣

🥺🇪🇸 Lamine Yamal at full time. 🎥 @IliesPeeters

A page from the Qur’an, copied by Ibn al-Bawwab using brown ink, pigments, and gold on paper. Baghdad, ca. 1000.

Al-Andalus will win!! 🇪🇸🇪🇸

Are we all Spain tonight? 🇪🇸