The 9th men - The 5th Jihaad

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Futah Al - Habasha - The 5th Jihaad

"Their Chieftains, however, stood firm: Mattan Bin Utman the Somali, brother-in-law of the Imam Ahmed, may the Most High God Have mercy upon him, fought a fine Jihaad. Holding firm with was chief of Habar maqdi Ahmed Girri; and Ali Madjira from the tribe of Mattan; and Hussain Musa bin 'Abd Allah Makida and Yusuf Latahia, from the tribe of Ahmed Girri. Their achievements this day truly are God's doing they returned to the side of the Imam Ahmad, may the Most High God have mercy upon him, and his presence fought a bloody fight."

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CONQUEST OF ABYSSINIA

The storyteller, may God have mercy upon him, says: On the left was the Somali tribe of harti, from the people of mait- current day somaliland; a people not given to yielding.There were three-hundred of them, famous among the infantry as stolid swordsmen, In the same way there was the tribe of yibberi, around - four hundred infantry,archers. So the Imam attached them to the five-hundred who held the centre, saying to them, "hold your positions; don't budge, any one of you. 'The tribe of Ahmed Girri Husayn chief of habar magaadi(Habr yunis - Habr awal) were all horsemen, renowned as powerful riders. , The imam arranged his battle information, and each group of Muslims prayed the two-fold prostrations after two-fold prostrations, on account of the great things that had befallen them. The quranic teacher "Abd Allah, dismounted from his mule, took his shield and his sword and humbled himself.

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Support for Ahmed


Thereupon the emir Husain bin abu-bakar al-Gaturi arose and said to the Imam Ahmed, 'This will never happen. If they want war, then we will assemble our armies from the people of Sim and from the Somali tribes: the tribe of Girri, the tribe of Habar Maqdi, the tribe of Harla, for our armies have been dispersed.How can we do as they wish? We shall not surrender the country to them.

The storyteller, may God have mercy upon him, says: When the emir Husain had said these words to the Imam there arose from among those present the emir "Ali" Urai Ahmed Din, Garaad Zaharbui Muhammed, Abd an-Nasr, Garaad Abad Ahmadus, Sabr Al Din, Zaharbui Utman, Urai Mahwi, his companion Din, Farasaham Satut, Urai i Nur bin Dar Ali , Warajar abun the ruler of zeylac - all of whom told the Imam Ahmed may the Most High God have mercy upon him, that they agreed with the opinion expressed by emir Hussain, So the Imam ahmed may the Most High God have mercy upon him, set out to Zarba, heading in their direction. They travelled for four days and came to the a country called "Ganasar" close to the country of Sultan. Then they travelled from Ganasar and came to a country called Wilqam which had an abundance of wat, and where all the Muslim[Converts] who had gone down from Abyssinia and the land of Tegre had settled. The imam Ahmed encamped there.