Banadir

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The Banaadirs are people with their roots in ancient Arabia, Persia and South and Central Asia. Their name is derived from a Persian word "bandar" which means "harbor" or port, reflecting their origins as sea-faring traders who crossed the Indian Ocean to the easternmost part of Africa and established centers of commerce which linked that continent with Asia. The first Banaadir communities were established in what is today southern Soomaaliya about one thousand years ago. Their reputation as the settlements of a prosperous and peace loving people was set down in written accounts by foreign travelers to Afrika dating back to the 13th century.

"The Banaadir Coast" as proper name for coastal northeast Afrika was used well into 20th century, and as an informal designation for southern Somalia remains in use today. Being the first to live in this region – nomalid "Samale" (Somali) people from the African interior did not press south and east to the Indian Ocean until centuries later. The Banaadir port city of Hamar eventually became Muqdisho, Somalia's capital. The Banaadir continued to live their ancient stones homes of their forebears built in Mogadisho's old quarter. Although there has been intermarriage and influence from African peoples over the centuries, the Banaadir today very much remain a light and few dark skinned minority whose economic livelihood, unlike most of Somali people, is based on commerce and not agriculture.

source: http://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banadir

[sheekh-Farax-zero]

Hadda maa ogaatay?

[Navy9]

Hadda maa ogaatay?

I didnt know Banadir was a Persian name meaning harbor, I always thought Banadir was the plural of Bandar which means town in Arabic!

[sheekh-Farax-zero]

I C

[kambuli]

Bandar Bayla

[Navy9]

Bandar Bayla

Bandar Qasim too.

Do you know how many ports are there throught out Somali regions?

[Shirib]

Banadir and Muqdisho are both Persian words

[Navy9]

Banadir and Muqdisho are both Persian words

I have read in a history book written in 1960s that Muqadisho is a combination of two words. Its mentioned that the first part of the name is Maqa'd which is in arabic seat and the second term is Shah the title of Persian ruler, Maqadshah or the Moqadisho that we use today!