Trending on Twitter: The Marehan Tribe's Pivotal Role in Imam Ahmad's Conquest of Abyssinia

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Great spin-offs critically contextualizing many disparate referencing of this group in the Conquest of Abyssinia where, taken together, it presents a very compelling insight about the Somali people in the middle ages

The Battle of Badeqe where the Muslims survived through Marehan keeping the left river crossing open



Hirabu the Somali Archduke as the chief of this group




Hirabu's Slaying of the Equerry as a reflection of raw power politics




The leverage to join the campaign manifested in bargaining power over division of spoils




This group negotiating on behalf of Habr Maqdi in settlement with Imam as the Emirs of Somalis

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