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Samaale/Berberian Aka Berbers.

Postby Somali-Transporter » Tue Sep 24, 2013 4:52 pm

I would like to propose a "new" theory for the origins of the Somali nation.

The irony of this is that this is actually not so much a new theory as what Somalis have been saying forever about how their nation got started, but that colonial anthropologists picked apart in the 19th century by pointing out dozens of supposed contradictions and generally relegating the history of the nation to the status of fairy tales.

In ancient times, there were the Berbers. They were always called Berbers, that was their actual name. "Barbarian", comes from Berber, but only due to the fact that ancient Greeks found the way of life of the Berbers (with whom they had significant contact due to the incense trade) to be "uncivilized".

In ancient times the people we usually call Berbers nowadays were not and were in fact, never called that name. Europeans called them Berbers erroneously, but the people who can only properly be called Berbers were the ancient people of the Horn of Africa. The people called Berbers today were in ancient times known as Libyans, though their name for themselves was Imazigh or Amazigh.

before about 1000 CE, the kingdom of Himyar ruled much of the East African coast, and the Empire of Axum (and after it's disintegration, it's successor states) ruled the highlands, but noone ruled the Berbers. Indeed, even the Berbers did not rule the Berbers, the Berber Country was a patchwork of powerful independent clans, and historically there was never a mention of a single overall or even hegemonic Berber ruler. Despite the lack of unified authority, no empire ever successfully imposed its will over the Berbers. Indeed, despite being right next door to Yemen, Himyar ruled as far south as the Jubba River but no part of the Berber Country, which in this time extended only as far south as the Hawd and Mudug. Each clan in the Berber Country controlled their own market town in which to trade incense, these towns were all near incense producing mountain table-lands.

At the time, the Berbers had no camels, and herded cattle in the harsh north. Long ago, this was easy to do as in ancient times Somalia was wetter, but a thousand years ago Somalia was as dry as it was today. After the Roman Empire largely converted to Christianity in the 4th century one of the biggest demands for incense dissapeared, and life became hard. It was an age where famine stalked the Berber Country, and many of the Berber Country began to seek a better life. They took their herds and began the long journey southwards, one branch became the Samburu, another the Oromo.

In the 6th century however, the domestication of the Camel spread to the Berber Country. One must realize that in the ancient Berber society, ownership of cattle and citizenship were synonymous. Even today a follower of the old religion, be he Samburu or Oromo, cannot be a Samburu or Oromo without owning cattle, without them he is "Gabbaro", an outsider and lesser person. In these desperate times, a few clans of Berbers decided to sever their ties to everything they had known and take on the "Gabbaro" label that their former kinsmen would place upon them. These were the Samaale and the Sabe.

The camel brought the Samaale an infinite horizon of opportunities unavailable to their kin, and the Samaale became wanderers, spreading across the horn of Africa. One branch, the Sabe moved south and settled in southern Somalia. Some came into contact with their distant cousins the Oromo and were defeated by them, becoming the Gabbra, others came into contact with their other cousins the Samburu and lived in peace with them, becoming the Rendille.

The Samaale on the other hand remained in the Berber Country, and came in contact with the Arabs, who conquered Eritrea in the 8th century, and with Islam. An Arab missionary from Eritrea journeyed to the Berber Country and preached to the Samaale, beginning their adoption of Islam. The clan of Irir and the descendants of the missionary Abd al-Rahman ibn Isma'il settled around Jigjiga in the Hawd and founded a new nation, the Somali. The year was about 1000 CE. Around the same time, another branch of the Samaale which had migrated southwards and settled in Mudug became Muslims via Muslim merchants in Mogadishu, these were the clan of Ibrahim Balcad.

What happened next was a gradual process. While many clans simply settled around Jigjiga and Harar, others began a slow but steady expansion and conquest southeastwards. This process did not really stop until the 19th century, over 800 years later, due to the colonial era.

The first to be conquered by the Somali were those Berbers of the Berber country who remained non-Muslims, the Midgan, the Tumaal and the Yibir. The second to be conquered was the Argobba Sultanate of Shewa, in 1285, which was Muslim at the time. Upon the conquest of the Sultanate of Shewa, the Darood established the Sultanate of Ifat.

Insert Sheikh Isaaq around 1350 or so, not much to say here.

The Ajuuraan branch of the Ibrahim Balcad took over Mogadishu around the year 1400, and spent the next 200 years conquering their distant relatives the Sabe, and fighting the Portuguese, something the Somali would also spend a lot of time doing as well. The Ajuuraan campaigns southwards brought many Somalis to settle in the conquered territories of the south and intermarry with the Ajuuraan and eventually to overthrow them, establishing Somali rule over the entire horn of Africa. With their overthrow, the now-Muslim Sabe also threw off Ajuuraan domination, establishing the clan territories we know today.
This is from James Dahl's Work from different books he tried to mix Things to have one picture. not bad

The Sabe, oromo and Gabburu/samaburu were not part of the Berber race. they where already in South somalia.
''Raxanweyn'' (meaning something that came together and became big) so today you find Arabs Geledi, Persians, Oromo, other lost tribes from Samaales, Daroods, Isaaq, Midgaans, Yibir, etc etc. the raxanweyn are like the Oromo they invite in all kind of tribes in. so i even doubt how much is stil sabe within that tribe.

But the Nomadic tribes are not like that (Dir, Hawiye&darood) and why is Isaaq not Nomadic bc they have never left that region. but they do also expand there lands towards hartis of the North.

So the true Berber Race were Only (Samaale, Agwa, Afar) they also share the warrior culture, and live on the same location for many years. while the Oromo left that region more then 2400 years ago. but the samaals are still in that region and other parts left for South '' The Conguest of South Somali'' were only my sword.

DNA will Proof that (Samaale, Agwa, and Afar) came from the same father and more related do to land sharing and neighbours.
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Re: Samaale/Berberian Aka Berbers.

Postby ZubeirAwal » Tue Sep 24, 2013 4:52 pm

'Fuck outta here with that shit.

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Re: Samaale/Berberian Aka Berbers.

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Re: Samaale/Berberian Aka Berbers.

Postby Somali-Transporter » Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:03 pm

'Fuck outta here with that shit.
Do you disagree that Samaale, Agwa and Afar are from the same regions? for centuries?? :?


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