Somali AL saud guards in 1945

[xiimaaya]

So i was watching this documentary just now when this guy who worked for the Armaco oil company mentioned how somalis were slaves and guarding the Saudi royal family lol

Its f-king embaressing

just skip to 10:52

[ciddhartha]

Thanks for that, I'll definitely watch it.

It's a shame your Hajj money goes to that sick family and that sick country.

[Togdeer]

somalis, not landers

[xiimaaya]

So the money of hajj goes to the royal family pockets? subxaanalah

[jamal9]

those are MJs, they were sold from bosaaso

[Basra-]

Wait a minute. If u look at it on a prudential light---I mean---on a bright side---Somalis as guards means--the big futo arabs could not find their own arabs to guard them. I mean, remember--arabs were poor then, Oil was just discovered, jobs were scarce, and any job of guarding their royal could go to an arab. But it didn't- it went to farahs---who are fierce and manly. (sort of the modern day adoon as guards in clubs, CIA, Present guards etc etc) I see no problem with this. I am proud of the lion Somali guards man. Its a pity that lion-ness-ness died. We are in a civil war for almost 25 years, and no lion came out from the Somali breed to get hold of Somalia and bring order. Sad really.

[gobdoon]

Basra,
As you put it those were the days , where there were good Somali men , trustworthy and good Muslims , those men had good name in Saudi Arabia , and were in there when there was no oil , and had big part the building of that nation.

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

This video has been posted like a thousand times. Those are not somalis but sudanis/chadians or black arabs. There isn't a single source of evidence that somalis were ever slaves. I for one am not gonna believe the delirious ramblings of a senile old cadaan.

[Basra-]

This video has been posted like a thousand times. Those are not somalis but sudanis/chadians or black arabs. There isn't a single source of evidence that somalis were ever slaves. I for one am not gonna believe the delirious ramblings of a senile old cadaan.

No one said they were slaves. The commenters in the documentary are quoted saying they were Somalis. It makes sense. Sudanese is unlikely. I think u r too averse of the arabs that u make your own facts. U literally want to distort history by erasing Somali relation with arabs just to suit your atheistic, Djiboutian qanis needs. U never seize to amaze me Xplayaahoow.



gobdoon


good point walaal. Much appreciated.

[Marques]

I agree with Liquid, the old man probably couldn't differentiate different African groups. Besides, yes Somalis lived and worked in the Gulf for centuries, we were poor nomads (still are) but we never traded that for a lifestyle of slavery. Being a paid servant/maid (jaariyad/booyaas) and being a slave held against will are two distinct things. A servant can quit their work tomorrow and go back to their family. A slave is beholden to his/her Master although many a times a servant becomes trapped into slavery and their economic migrant status is taken advantage of.

Interesting documentary btw. I've noticed a few things,

-Oil is what helped create Saudi Arabia and just as it was instrumental in its construction, it will destroy it one day.
-The tribes of central Arabia were lawless and warring like Somalis such as Reer Xaniifah, Reer Asad, Reer Kilaab etc but Aal Sacuud were smart in some ways. They married the daughters of all rival chiefs and showered them with crazy wealth to buy their allegiance. By contrast the Somali leadership only enrich their own and then we wonder why the rest of the country show opposition.
-King Sacuud of the 50s/60s missed out on a chance to produce a powerful Arab global superpower when he let General Eisenhower put friction between him and Nasser of Egypt. They could have achieved great things together i.e. take back the Suez Canal from European economic overlords, monopolize Oil for the Arabs and put an end to Israel's existence. Laakin wuxuu sharaf iyo cizzo ka dalbay gaalo, dad aan diin iyo amaano aqoon. The same gaalo who betrayed King Faisal and offered 2 billion (which must have been a hell of a lot of money in the 60s) to Isreal.
-I never appreciate 'Jihadis' who seek the help and assistance of Non Muslims to fight their wars. I mean, whose to say the Jihadis trained by the CIA to fight US' archenemy the Soviets weren't also pay-rolled to start some unrest in their home countries too.
-The seemingly good guys were always assasinated in that era. Prez Kennedy, King Faisal, Malik Shabaaz, MLK, Prez Sharmaarke etc.
-I hate when people refer to 'anti-Jews' as "Anti-Semitic" since i consider it a clear linguistic error. Semitic is a Biblical reference to all descendants of Sem the son of Noah. From the Aztecs of Rome to the Kings of Axum, all are somewhat descendants of Sem. The Jews have no sole claim or right to that name. They (Jews) are followers of Judah and should be referred to as such.
-There is every reason to suggest the incidents of 9/11 was birthed by talks between Bush and Abdullah. Bush convinces Abdullah this would strengthen Saudi as an "ally" in the upcoming War on Terror and would help retain the Saudis as the Masters of the Arab World.

I still remember a conversation i had with a Saudi student at my campus, whose extended cousins were related to the Royal Family, he told me many of the Saudi Royals were educated in private institutions, many of whom are young political elites that want to re-ignite the power of the Muslims but the handpicking of the King is done by the seniors who are in constant consultation with US Generals. The seniors already know the US are simply interested in maintaining the stream of Oil but they feel they are so embroiled in this relationship that any other path (such as pulling out their billion dollar assets from the US stock markets and instead relying on their role as the Muslim patronages of the Haramain) would lead them to lose their status.

Reminds me of the story of Malik ibn Nuwayrah, he had the respect and allegiance of his people, but when he had ambitions that were Unislamic, he sought the alliance of a soothsayer who misled him, made him at war with his own tribesmen, destroyed his marriage and left him for dirt when the tide turned and Khalid bin Waleed seized his land. Today, the Saudi Royals are watching as one by one the Arab rulers around them are losing power sanctioned by US support and the Palestinians are still occupied. When you don't come correct at the height of your power, you have nothing to fall back on when you are weak.

[Estarix]

Saudi Arabia is just another somalia, suffering from the same cultural problems but just rich

[Basra-]

I
-The tribes of central Arabia were lawless and warring like Somalis such as Reer Xaniifah, Reer Asad, Reer Kilaab etc but Aal Sacuud were smart in some ways.

Isn't it amazing Marq???? Saudi today would have been no different from Somalia or other middle eastern country. Chaos, distractions and war. Can u imagine how a little money in the pocket can change a society??? I mean, seriously--- I think the problem with Somalia and the unstable world of muslim countries is lack of wealth. I mean, look at Iran, it is able to survive all these years with all those US international sanctions. Iraq was doing fine with Saddam until he became greedy and wanted Kuwait oil also. Which also caused the reason bush invaded. (to finish off what his daddy started)

Imagine, Somalia with the oil of Saudi---there would never have been conflicts.


1945 was a good timing. 1930s found the discovery of automobiles, which boomed after world war 2 ended after 1945. The American capitalism basically made interests/riba hating Saudis rich. Ironic ma ha? LOOOL


I am waiting for another natural resource to be discovered, such as Feces producing gas. Then we will have cars without needing oil and Saudi will decay and starve only to eat each other

[Marques]

They (Arabs) are almost no different to us, Her Grace, except by virtue of being a bigger nation and spread over larger territory. Before Islam they lived under the shadows of Persia and Byzantine whilst we (Somalis) lived under the shadows of Abyssinia.

Wealth extinguishes poverty which extinguishes opposition and rebellion. Just look at the Emirates, swimming in so much money that 75% of the people of some of their towns are just foreign expats furthering the boost of their economies. Still, like our African neighbours (even Nigeria), vast wealth would not benefit as much as we'd hope. We have zero knowledge of self sustenance and the majority will not come to see a penny.

[LobsterUnit]

This video has been posted like a thousand times. Those are not somalis but sudanis/chadians or black arabs. There isn't a single source of evidence that somalis were ever slaves. I for one am not gonna believe the delirious ramblings of a senile old cadaan.

He said two big somali slaves.it is rare to find a big somali, let alone a slave.baasto a freeman unit.