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My grandfathers arrived in Mogadishu in the 1930s, talk about ilbaxnimo..

When did your family migrate to Mogadishu?

1950s-60s i think maybe earlier

I think sometime in the 70's, mogadisho is where all the jobs were.

Awe wrote:My grandfathers arrived in Mogadishu in the 1930s, talk about ilbaxnimo..

When did your family migrate to Mogadishu?

Mine migrated when The Screw was born

in 1959 my grandfather started selling some of his land in hargeysa and some of his houses and he then moved to xammer

RebelLion wrote:I think sometime in the 70's, mogadisho is where all the jobs were.

Mogadishu was the place for ever

My grandfather (mother side) went to Mogadishu in 1930's, so my mum was born there.

He was one of the few Majeerteens in Mogadishu then.

My father moved from Kismaayo to Mogadishu in the 70s

Father born in a town in the south. Mother born in Hamar My maternal grandfather came to Mogadishu while still a boy 6 or 7. He was born in 1905, so do the math. My paternal grandfather was in his teens when he came. My maternal grandmother was born in Hamar. I need to double check where my paternal grandmother was born.

dawwa9 wrote:My grandfather (mother side) went to Mogadishu in 1930's, so my mum was born there.

He was one of the few Majeerteens in Mogadishu then.

My father moved from Kismaayo to Mogadishu in the 70s

Reer Bondheere?

Didn't migrate, was always around there

Our houses are in the old part of the city and one in the Northern East part, I have been told.

Some random Habar gidir's live there now though

dawwa9 wrote:Our houses are in the old part of the city and one in the Northern East part, I have been told.

Some random Habar gidir's live there now though

Old quarters of Xamar are Xamarweyne, Shingaani, Boondheere and Ansalooti, where did ya'll live?

My dad used to leave in Mogadishu in the 50's& 60's before he moved out in the 70's

why all Daarood claim been into Xamar long ago>?? not even the dark shiny Agaal were allowed in Xamar.

In 1920 and before the old city of Moqdisho was walled all around, and every day the local Arabs/Persians/ rounded up the dark nomads and mad sure they leave the city before sunset. After 1920 the Italian demolished the wall and built the city, the first wave of dark immigrant were the Majeerteen fishermen, the Italian goverment after getting rid of its former Daarood servial sultans deported some and forced others to settle in Mogdisho, but those were few less then 20 familes.

The other dark hords came later, one old Ashraaf dude put it this way:

" before us original reer Hamar we use to eat our food while laying in our beds, at first the Majeerteen came so we had to sit up eating, then the Hawiye came so start eating standing up, then the Daarood refugees from all over came and we start eating while running"

You can read all that and more in the book by the Arab historian Sharif Ayadaruus Ali Al Aydaruus in his book " Bughyat al-amaal fii taariikh al somaal" published in 1954 by the Italian colonial goverment making it the first book of history for southern Somalia.

Two of my grandfathers made to xamar as young boys after the Liberation war ended in 1921 and become famous xamarians and Rich may i add, Kambuli happens to know the family