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For those who cannot read, it says:
"It is said that towards the 14th cent. the Somali tribe Hawiya, called that of the Ajuran, succeeded in becoming masters of the territory between the lower courses of the Webi and the Juba"
Another interesting information to add is that the Mareexaan sultanate occupied the places Sool, Sanaag and Nugaal in the 17/18th century before the emergence of the Majerteen sultanate. By mid-19th century, they only occupied Sool & Sanaag and moved gradually towards south and entered the Jubbas. The reasons why the travellers didn't write much about the 17th and 18th century is that the Mareexaan, whenever a foreigner (non-Somali) set foot on their soil, they immediately killed him
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For those who cannot read it, it says:
According to Gabriel Ferrand, the principal Somali tribes care: (1) The Isa, between Jibuti, Khor Culangarit, and Ghildessa with the ports of Jibuti and Zeila ; (2) the Gadabursi, in a mountainous
quadrilateral lying NNE-SSW, traversed diagonally by the 41" long, and havingits extreme angles at about lu° 40' lat. towards the NW and at 9° 3(X towards the SE ; (3) the Habr Awal to the east of the last, with the ports of Dudigareita, Bulbar, Berbera, and Siyara; (4) the Habr Tooljale, between Adal Corda on the Barno, the mountains Bunlab, Mujo, and the mountains of the Gulal; (5) the Habr Gheraj, who toghether with the Habr Awal and the Habr Tooljaale are also called Habr Magadle; (6) The Warsangelli, between Gudneida on the Sea, the mountains Gargar, the Tug Daror, and the port of Bender Ziyade; (7) the Dulbuhante, to the south of the Warsangeli, to the east of the Habr Tooljale, to the north of the Ogaden, and the west of the Mijurtin (Majerteen), with the high valley of the Wadi Nugal and with the village of Bohotle; (8) The Merraihan (MAREHAN), an important sultanate which extends from Bender Ziyade on the gulf of Aden to beyond Ras el-Khyle on the Indian Ocean; (9) the Gherri, to the SSE of the Bartirri to the east of the latter ; (11) the Barsub, towards the source of the river Fafan; (12) the Babilii, to the west of the Bartirri and the and the Barsub and the Galla frontier ; (12) the Habesoal to the east of the Gherri and the Barsub ; (14) the Mirawawal and the Mecabul in Ogaden ; (15) the Hawiya, to the south of the Mijurtin(Majerteen),in all the zone towards the Indian Ocean, divided, like the former, into numerous tribes, among which may be named the Harti, the Abgal, the Bimal, the Shidle ; and(16)the Rahanuin who perhaps are not of Somali race, although they speak the Somali lauguage, between the Webi Shabelle, the Ogaden, the Galla, the river Tana, and the mouth of the Juba
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Source:
Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Part 12
And this is the map of mid-19th century when they went south and the Majerteen sultanate emerged and created another sultanate in Hobyo:
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