so in 1971 he sent one of his righthand man to write a book about Ahmed gurey where he gathered many famous poets, and later on those poets exposed the entire plan. which was to give his tribe some kind of pride they didn't had before.. by claiming Ahmed gurey was Marehan and still until this day a popular believe amongst the mainstream marehans WHO don't seek knowlegde..
you have Guys like sadeboi, and voltage WHO have dedicated there entire life to this fake pride which back fired big time..
i was reading some of there old threads, alot of propaganda have been told, with no sources to back it up with.. they had a great opponent in djibsomali WHO also believed that the Imam was Dir, and since there base was awdal so the entire empire was dir according to him.
both sides agreed upon the list below..
1. the Empire was based on Dir land
2. there was no Ogaden involved both in the war and the empire its self..
3. No hawiye was involved in the battle or empire.
4. Isaaq habar magado, harti and marehan was involved in the battle.
5. nuur ibn mujahid was marehan
disagreement the list below and remember this was one of the longest internet battle between to Clans.
1. the marehan camp said he was marehan, and the dir camp said he was dir.
2. the dir said marehan was from gedo even in those days, so they came up with qoutes from the book futah.
3. the marehans said to counter dirs claim that he is Ciise mataan and came up with a abtirsi..
I really enjoyed reading it very funny indeed..
If I was online at that time would have asked them one question ''have anyone of you ever read the book?''
Igorance is common amongst the somali community.. they should seek knowlegde instead of assumptions

