Somalis used to be Habeshas, too - here's the facts

Belew · Post by **Belew** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:14 pm

First I'd like to say Ramadan Kareem to all Somalis outthere.

WRONG: Habesha did not originally mean 'mixed people'; 'slave', 'Semitic speakers' or 'Ethiopia' (absurd). Habeshas original meant...drum rolls please, incense gatherers. Who were the original incense gatherers? That's right, the people of Zeila, Somalia, which is the original homeland of the Somalis before they migrated/expanded south and south west. In fact, the Arabs were very clear in naming Zeila as a land of Habeshas, long after the local inhabitants converted to Islam. For them, Habesha was a simple geographic term that originated from people who collected incense.

http://www.madote.com/2013/01/the-true- ... besha.html

Post by **Thuganomics** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:19 pm

Habeshas original meant...drum rolls please, incense gatherers

In what lingo

Khalid Ali · Post by **Khalid Ali** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:19 pm

Somalis have nothing to do with Xabashis, you are a confused Eritrean, Eritreans have xabasha elements, but Somalis have nothing to do with xabashis

Belew · Post by **Belew** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:22 pm

Thuganomics wrote:
Habeshas original meant...drum rolls please, incense gatherers
In what lingo

According to linguistic experts, Habesha derived from Merih language (Yemeni Semitic language) which means incense gatherers.

Read this http://www.madote.com/2013/01/the-true- ... besha.html

Tanker · Post by **Tanker** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:23 pm

Stop insulting us

Khalid Ali · Post by **Khalid Ali** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:28 pm

By the way it is not sure if the Arabs called Zeila biladul Xabash , but why would it be right , just because Arabs say it doesn't make it correct. The Hairy bastards had no clue about the Somali peninsula. Somalis have nothing to do with Xabash we do not speak Tigrinya Amharicna nor do we adhere a christian faith

Kukri · Post by **Kukri** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:33 pm

I always thought that habesha meant,...land of the dark skin people.

Belew · Post by **Belew** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:34 pm

khalid ali wrote:By the way it is not sure if the Arabs called Zeila biladul Xabash , but why would it be right , just because Arabs say it doesn't make it correct. The Hairy bastards had no clue about the Somali peninsula. Somalis have nothing to do with Xabash we do not speak Tigrinya Amharicna nor do we adhere a christian faith

Well, Habesha has nothing to do with Christianity. The original Habeshas were pagans living in Yemen (no they didn't migrate and mixed with Horn, that's just a false myth). Habesha simply meant insence gatherers. Anyone who collected incense was a Habesha. All these other meanings Habesha that Somalis and Ethiopians are familiar with came much later in history (most came in our modern time). If we are talking about the original Habeshas in the horn, then the people of Zelia, Somalia are among them. These people collected incense, therefore, they were undoubtedly Habesha.

Habesha originally meant incense gatherers, nothing more, nothing less.

Hodan94 · Post by **Hodan94** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:34 pm

Kukri wrote:I always thought that habesha meant,...land of the dark skin people.

Well I thought they were some flavoured canjeero.

gurey25 · Post by **gurey25** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:35 pm

wasnt xabasha a major tribe in ancient yemen?
so what does that have to do with somalis?
zylac was a centre of massive immigrant populations.

Hodan94 · Post by **Hodan94** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:36 pm

Btw, belew.... Thats a nice name what does it mean?

grandpakhalif · Post by **grandpakhalif** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:38 pm

Were not dirty Habeshis sorry. Somalis originated from Zeila or modern day Somaliland and emigrated further south over thousands of years of camel grazing. Our heroe ahmed Gurey devasted Habeshi empires and dominated Abbysinia

ZubeirAwal · Post by **ZubeirAwal** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:38 pm

gurey25 wrote:wasnt xabasha a major tribe in ancient yemen?
so what does that have to do with somalis?
zylac was a centre of massive immigrant populations.

It was oonly until the late 19th century a Somali isaaq overthrew the Arab Amir of zaylac, and after he left so did the ajnabis right?

Khalid Ali · Post by **Khalid Ali** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:43 pm

Yeah guray is right it was called Xabashat is a a group who lived in southern Yemen

I think Belew is an Eritrean tribe Belew kelew

Belew is right Xabashi is not an ethnic group but its mostly associated with Ethiopian highlanders and Eritrean highlanders.

Zeila in Somaliland had Arab Somali rulers during Walashma and Adal there were also afars living there and extinct other Somali clans. So it very strange to associate Zeila with Xabashi.

Vivacious · Post by **Vivacious** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:59 pm

Where did you get this crazy info?

SomaliNet Forums

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