[quote="X.Playa"]Dawladsade,
Somali oral history and the colonial masnuscript do not conterdict one another , only Daarood revisonest would have us beleive otherwise, this isn't some hunderd years ago this merely 80 years ago , you can still find somali old men who remember the first Mareexaan cow brought into Wardheer never mind person.
The Mareexaan came into the Hawd via the Italians there is no argument about that, they have never ventured out of Ribadle area prior to 1935 in modern Hiiraan side of Ethopia, in fact they were raided in their on area, both Daarood oral history in particular the Xaarti such as Samatar Baxnaan and the Ogaadeen Maxamed Cumar Dage attest to that.
I don't get my history from some white guy called I.M Lewis sitting in a libarary in some western city , in order to understand the power of oral history you have to read and compare both.
There was no Daarood supramacy before the Italian invasion of Ethopia, the Daarood were the foot soliders , the Harti/Mareexaan in particular, even the entire war of 1935 took place due to Harti been raided by the Ogaadeen in Wal Waal incident where they then complained to thier Italian master to wrestle their looted herds from the Ogaadeen hense the Italian invasion of 1935 using the Xaarti looted property as an excuse to invade. Eeven that account from the colonial side and somali oral history is concurent.Only after 1935 did the Daarood via their alleigence to the Italian colonials and Ethopia did they emerge as major players in Western Somali politics.
To understand fully the Daaroods politics during the British/Italian colonial years , you can read the account by the British colonial officior Douglas Collins in his book Tears For Somalia. as soon as the Italians were defeated in 1945 the pro-Italian Daarood swiched alliegence to their new masters , Maxamed Boqor Cismaan the Xaarti king of 1945 welcomed the new victorious British colonial officior Douglas Collins by sending of his daughter Amina Maxamed Boqor as nothing but a mistress. When Douglas Collins rejected this new welcome the Daarood spread the roumers that he was a gay
, the Daarood argued that it was a common culture since the arrivals of the Italians in 1890 that the local colonial officior should have a Daarood mistress.
In his book he later explaines the motive behind this queer arrangments when the Daarood and some Midgo clans fought over a date farm in Caluula Amina Boqor Cismaan the daughter of the Sultan and the mistress urged Collins to side with her kins , Collins was quick to make it clear that he would not do so saying " you are here as my mistress not as my colonial advisor"
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XaarPlaya
The Mareexaan lived in Nugaal and Hawd right next to the Dhulbahante in the 1850s and that is the map that Wayne Durrill is reconstructing. Durrill is contemporary historian of the Majeerteen and their brilliant history. His essay can be found on JSTOR. His history is recounted from the writing of Revoil the Majeerteen and Cruttenden.
The Mareexaan were never friendly with the Italians and fought alongside the Majeerteen when the Italians were trying to destroy the Majeerteen Kingdoms. The father of Maxamed Siyaad died during those wars.
Later on the Mareexaan formed the backbone of the British Military Administration soldiers. Siyaad himself was one. But higher than him was Siciid Samatar Nuunuule(the father of Gacaliye) who died in Action against Dhulbahante near Gallaadi.
Mareexaan have bigger beautiful lands than your drought and famine stricken Qamadi charity cases. They are the masters of GEdo and Jubbaland.
What are you? a spy for Riyaale and a charity Qamadi case. When u are not trying to drink from Uusmiirka
As for the Majeerteen, Douglas Collins book is pure fantasy. Have you read the book or have you read the second hand version laid down by the Daarood hater Oromo? the Same guy who devoted chapters to abusing and debunking Sayid Maxamed and last december was reciting Sayid Poetry in a call to JIhaad nationalist arms
YOu are too ridiculous.
Daarood are your masters. And will remain forever your masters. The only uncertainty is the identity of the Darod subclan that will lord it over you .
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