Bakool
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 10:40 pm
So our great Beenaale heard from a Majeerteen guy that OGs don't live in Bakool
What is so ironic is that there is actually huge Majeerteen population in Bakool with the Cawlyahan and they are often known as “Buuraashadleey”. There are many well known MJ families who are from there. Wonder if Voltage’s source had a beef with the Buraashadleey dude?
The dude's mental state is declining right in front of us. Miyaan waxan dad ladhalanin? I thought I heard he has a brother. For one, it is actually good to see that Ilka-yar’s animosity against Ogaden this time against the only OG clan that always have had a soft spot for them. For some reason, Cawlyahans get along with the Ilka-yars. Is this for xaal marin for all the raids and prowling of Ilka-yars in the hands of crazy Cawlyahans in Gedo? I even remember our member Koronto would never post anything aginst Ilka-yar.
For those who don’t know, the first wave of OGs that came to Jubbaland had arrived via Bakool. These were mostly Maqaabul, Tolomoge, and M/Zubeer. They first ventured into RRA territory in Buur Hakaba. There are so many writings about the battle of Buur Hakaba between the OGs and the Beelaha RRA. OGs, being new arrivals, got defeated and moved on to Jilib area where they crossed the Jubba River. Cawlyahans, on the other hand, didn’t have to do much because they lived so close to Jubbaland and migrated from Bakool and Afdheer area to what is now J/Dhexe and Gedo. I have read many books and journals on their arrival, and estimates place it around 1880s. That is almost a half-century after the first wave. Marehans crossed the border via Dollow in the 1910s mostly fleeing the Ethiopians. They later joined by few Galti Mareexaans.
Now you wonder whatever happened to Bakool. Since Cawlyahans are mostly pastoralists and are not known for urban-dwelling like many other Somali clans, their cities in Bakool are not that populated. But they have always maintained a huge presence in Bakool especially Ceelbarde, Yeed and Aato. For some reason, the most active politicians of Cawlyahan often come from Bakool. Xalane, C/wahab Ugaas, and Oomaar are some of those politicians. One of the biggest Cawlyan Ugaases is from Bakool. I think there are at least 5 or 6 Cawlyahans in the current Southwestern State. When Jees and his SPM forces arrived South from Waqooyi, they settled in Bakool and actually took over the entire region with the help of the locals: “In June 1989, however, a second SPM (Ogadeni) front had been opened up in the south-west, after Colonel Omar Jess (Mohamed Zubeir/Ogaden) defected from Hargeisa. By January 1990 Jess controlled Bakool region, where he obtained the support of the Awlihan Ogaden. In August 1990, the SNM, USC, and SPM agreed to coordinate operations against Barre”. That section of SPM actually did more damage to Afweyne than Jubooyinka section led by the late Bashiir Bililiqo. Even now, some of the biggest units of SNA is located in that area. One amazing thing about Cawlyahan is that they are the only clan in Somalia whose lands in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia are somehow connected. Afdheer to Bakool to Gedo to J/Dhexe and from there to Norther eastern.
Here is the map of Ceelbarde.

Here is Ceelbarde:

Here are the original Dhaanto players showing how it is done. Dhaanto actually came from Cawlyahan territories.
Madaxwenaha Southwestern visiting Ceelbarde:
Here is one of the dozens of parties endorsing the creation of Bakool Sare. Reer Bakool OG even had a president:


The dude's mental state is declining right in front of us. Miyaan waxan dad ladhalanin? I thought I heard he has a brother. For one, it is actually good to see that Ilka-yar’s animosity against Ogaden this time against the only OG clan that always have had a soft spot for them. For some reason, Cawlyahans get along with the Ilka-yars. Is this for xaal marin for all the raids and prowling of Ilka-yars in the hands of crazy Cawlyahans in Gedo? I even remember our member Koronto would never post anything aginst Ilka-yar.
For those who don’t know, the first wave of OGs that came to Jubbaland had arrived via Bakool. These were mostly Maqaabul, Tolomoge, and M/Zubeer. They first ventured into RRA territory in Buur Hakaba. There are so many writings about the battle of Buur Hakaba between the OGs and the Beelaha RRA. OGs, being new arrivals, got defeated and moved on to Jilib area where they crossed the Jubba River. Cawlyahans, on the other hand, didn’t have to do much because they lived so close to Jubbaland and migrated from Bakool and Afdheer area to what is now J/Dhexe and Gedo. I have read many books and journals on their arrival, and estimates place it around 1880s. That is almost a half-century after the first wave. Marehans crossed the border via Dollow in the 1910s mostly fleeing the Ethiopians. They later joined by few Galti Mareexaans.
Now you wonder whatever happened to Bakool. Since Cawlyahans are mostly pastoralists and are not known for urban-dwelling like many other Somali clans, their cities in Bakool are not that populated. But they have always maintained a huge presence in Bakool especially Ceelbarde, Yeed and Aato. For some reason, the most active politicians of Cawlyahan often come from Bakool. Xalane, C/wahab Ugaas, and Oomaar are some of those politicians. One of the biggest Cawlyan Ugaases is from Bakool. I think there are at least 5 or 6 Cawlyahans in the current Southwestern State. When Jees and his SPM forces arrived South from Waqooyi, they settled in Bakool and actually took over the entire region with the help of the locals: “In June 1989, however, a second SPM (Ogadeni) front had been opened up in the south-west, after Colonel Omar Jess (Mohamed Zubeir/Ogaden) defected from Hargeisa. By January 1990 Jess controlled Bakool region, where he obtained the support of the Awlihan Ogaden. In August 1990, the SNM, USC, and SPM agreed to coordinate operations against Barre”. That section of SPM actually did more damage to Afweyne than Jubooyinka section led by the late Bashiir Bililiqo. Even now, some of the biggest units of SNA is located in that area. One amazing thing about Cawlyahan is that they are the only clan in Somalia whose lands in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia are somehow connected. Afdheer to Bakool to Gedo to J/Dhexe and from there to Norther eastern.
Here is the map of Ceelbarde.

Here is Ceelbarde:

Here are the original Dhaanto players showing how it is done. Dhaanto actually came from Cawlyahan territories.
Madaxwenaha Southwestern visiting Ceelbarde:
Here is one of the dozens of parties endorsing the creation of Bakool Sare. Reer Bakool OG even had a president: