Digil iyo Mirifle ?

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QaxootiWaaxid wrote:they are non-Somali Oromo people that became Somalized. even this map proves this, look where Ogaden and Digil iyo Mirifle live today on the map, Tana Oromo and Arsi Oromo etc
Nonsense..the somalis did not come into contact with the expanding oromo until the 16th century.there are oral traditions from both sides indicating that darood and rahanweyn clans fought brutal wars with the oromos on the oromo-somali frontier. Th digil and mirifle are not somalized oromos nor are the ogaden. If the oromos did not star war with the somalis until the 16th century and we find that ogaden and marehan were fighting oromos 2 centuries later, when did ogaden turn into a somali clan.?the somali clans, with the exception of marehan and ogaden, have largely settled in the same areas and their movement has not been that dramatic nor have they absorped any other ethnic groups in large enough numbers. Secondly, the dialect of the digir and mirifle is far too old and different from the oromo language for them to have shared a similar origin.it is almost impossible for a dialect (some may say language) to develop that quickly.as for the map, one assumes the ogaden were settled further north within the other darood clans and that the digir and mirifle were under the ajuuraan sultanate.QaxootiWaaxid wrote:they are non-Somali Oromo people that became Somalized. even this map proves this, look where Ogaden and Digil iyo Mirifle live today on the map, Tana Oromo and Arsi Oromo etc
The Dir in Central Somalia are Surre, it is just that the Dir name has stuck with us due to our proselytising activities in the Middle Ages. When the Sheikhs came from Northern Somalia no one was familiar with a Surre subclan in South Central Somalia that is how the Dir Faqi label got stuck on us. Our ancestors are buried in Sanaag and the Lafarug are of Northern Somalia and we alone cannot claim the Dir name. The other Northern Dir clans had no need to identify themselves as Dir as they were in a predominately Dir area and were recognised by their respective subclans. That does not mean we are any more Dir than them and Somali Oral history and Abtiris testify to who Dir is and isn't.sophisticate wrote:^^
No such thing unless you are talking about Puntland or South Central Somalia. Also, the tribe known as Dir live there. "Dir" is a fallacious aggregate that is erroneously applied to people of the north.If you are from the north, you don't call the inhabitants "Dir." Nor have the people that lived there historically identified themselves as such. People use clan names i.e. Gadabursi and Cisse. You are only indicating your bias and misinformation, that's all. They (Ogaden) did not seem to be given mention in Adal. There certainly isn't any remnants of their "mark" on the Sultanate either. End of story.
It seems they weren't lying when they said Gadabursi were the most educated Somali clan.sophisticate wrote:^^
No such thing unless you are talking about Puntland or South Central Somalia. Also, the tribe known as Dir live there. "Dir" is a fallacious aggregate that is erroneously applied to people of the north.If you are from the north, you don't call the inhabitants "Dir." Nor have the people that lived there historically identified themselves as such. People use clan names i.e. Gadabursi and Cisse. You are only indicating your bias and misinformation, that's all. They (Ogaden) did not seem to be given mention in Adal. There certainly isn't any remnants of their "mark" on the Sultanate either. End of story.
Jamal, we are not the Fathers of Somalis nor are we of Middle Eastern origin. We are the eldest son of Irir and were the original head of the Somalis until the wars against the Gaal Madoow and Habashas took its toll on us as we bore the brunt of it. Eventually we became a victim of our own numbers and success. We splintered as a result and there was no need to rally under a Dir banner apart from the scattered Surre scholarly subclans. The Digil and Mirifle for instance draw a lot of their numbers from ancient Dir clans. Ask a Jiido or Quranyow Garre for his Abtiris and you will see what I mean.JamalAddow wrote:It seems they weren't lying when they said Gadabursi were the most educated Somali clan.sophisticate wrote:^^
No such thing unless you are talking about Puntland or South Central Somalia. Also, the tribe known as Dir live there. "Dir" is a fallacious aggregate that is erroneously applied to people of the north.If you are from the north, you don't call the inhabitants "Dir." Nor have the people that lived there historically identified themselves as such. People use clan names i.e. Gadabursi and Cisse. You are only indicating your bias and misinformation, that's all. They (Ogaden) did not seem to be given mention in Adal. There certainly isn't any remnants of their "mark" on the Sultanate either. End of story.
Dir is a real clan, its the same when an MJ in Puntland has to say Cisman or Cumar maxamud, and say Darod in Jigjiga.