James Dahl wrote:
Darood is just as old as Dir and Hawiye as a Somali clan. This surprised me actually since the "recent immigrant" idea is so firmly entrenched.
What proof do you have that Daarood is as old as DIR and Hawiye? Let's see your concrete evidence? This is a naive error in your analysis?
After this the Kushites began to suffer under two different incursions. Initially the Kushites moved south to their former capital at Napata but the Egyptians attacked and sacked Napata, thus spurring a move to Meroe in 591 BCE by Emperor Aspelta.
You grave error emanates from your assumption of the long-distance trade of the Indian Ocean which indeed made possible the rise of commercial centers around northern Somalia. This great passage of economic and cultural intercourse between
present day Northern Somalia and ancient Egypt dates back to the reign of Pharaoh Sahure in 2450
bce when he sent trading expedition to the Land of
PUNT. For instance, there are records Neferkere Harkuf, the governor and lord of Elephantine who boasted of having sent trading expedition to Puntland, eleven expeditions to be exact. This economic intercourse took place prior to the reign of Queen Hatshepsut (1503-1483
bce).
So by this era, the Daarood or the Ethnic Arabs never existed. We were probably part of the peoples which formed and shaped the Egyptian Dynasties. To make this assumption, which links Kushites to the Egyptian Dynasties and then links DAarood clans to Kushites, is a grave error, and this is where your prejudices and distoritions rest.