
Overall---we mostly agree--we r just two souls of opposite team. U team of Muslim dynasty, and myself the European civilization.

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Thuganomics wrote:Though generally fanatic in defense of Islam, Somalis tend to be rather liberal in practice.
KimJongIllest wrote:Thuganomics wrote:Though generally fanatic in defense of Islam, Somalis tend to be rather liberal in practice.
I've been saying this for yearsThuganomics wrote:KimJongIllest wrote:Thuganomics wrote:Though generally fanatic in defense of Islam, Somalis tend to be rather liberal in practice.![]()
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True though innit
The Ajuuraan Empire had a standing army with which the Gareen imams and the governors ruled and protected their subjects. The bulk of the army consisted of mamluke soldiers,[24] who did not have any loyalties to the traditional Somali clan system, thereby making them more reliable. The soldiers were recruited from the inter-riverine area; other recruits came from the surrounding nomadic region. Arab, Persian and Turkish mercenaries were at times employed as well.[25][26]
In the early Ajuuraan period, the army's weapons consisted of traditional Somali weapons such as swords, daggers, spears, and bows. With the import of firearms from the Ottoman Empire through the Muzzaffar port of Mogadishu, the army began acquiring muskets and cannons. Horses used for military purposes were also raised in the interior, and numerous stone fortifications were erected to provide shelter for the army in the coastal districts.[27] In each province, the soldiers were under the supervision of a military commander known as an emir,[24] and the coastal areas and the Indian ocean trade were protected by a navy.[28]