Bal firi, he cant even bring meeshu magaca ka keenay laakin this is what im gonna bringSiciid85 wrote:Coolpoison, the only reliabe book is Futah al habash which was written 500 years ago. "Hirabu bin Goita Tedros bin Adam*, does that sound somali to you?
Magaca Hirabu was Ahmed ibn Hirabu
Warsame101 wrote:I have totally lost track of this topic.
Twisted, there is an unwritten rule in the world of history. The closer the source is to the period discussed, the more reliable.
What you are quoting is a poor translated abridged version of Futuh Habashi, published in 2003.
What I quoted is the original book written by Pankhurst 150 years, which in turn contains the lost Arabic documents that cannot be found else where.
First name first of all was Garaad Axmed bin Hiraabu (see underlined text straight from Pankhurst's work):
Secondly, Pankhurst writes:
Les Somalis fatigues de voir leurs troupeux enleves et leur pays devaste se rendirent aupres de l'Imam ayant a leur tete leur chef Harabuwah (Hirabu). Ainsi, tous les Somalis avec leur chef firent la paix avec l'Imam, une paix parfaite et sincere. A la suite de cela, L'Imam, fit des preparatifs pour une guerre sainte (Jihad); il avait en vue l'Abyssinie. Les Somalis avec leur chef Harabuwah etaient maintenant soumis a son autorite(I).
Roughly translated as:
The Somalis, weary of the destruction inflicted on them went to the Imaam (Imaam Axmed), led by their (chosen) leader Hirabu. The Somalis with their leader concluded a complete peace with the Imaam.
After this, the Imaam made preparations for Jihad against Abyssinia, assembling his troops and the Somalis with their leader, Hirabu.
Finally, the 2003 abridged source that you are quoting says:
After this, the Imam made preparations for Jihad against Abyssinia, assembling his troops and the Somalis with their leader, Hirabu
which you conviently left out.
In summary, Somalis had 2 main leaders, Imaam Axmed Gurey and Imaam Nuur ibn Mujaahid. One main chieftain Hiraabu and several mini chieftains such as Garaad Daawuud of the Habar Magaadle and Garaad Mataan of the Gerri Koombe.