Garad Matan ⚜️

Reality :

1. Stop running around with secondary orientalist sources you find on google books. Let’s take look at (reality) 2. Harari’s aren’t even merchants you’re peasant farmer who relied on Somali merchants for goods - Harari quote “"He who commands at Berbera holds the beard of Harar in his hand”. 3. Somalis controlled all Caravan routes going into interior to any city. We made the trading profits while you were bum begging us. The real merchant class. 4. Nobody recognized your Galla emir as anything but nugget head who got strangled by Egyptians and ran to Somalis for help when Abyssinians slaughtered his people and took his city. 5. Harari emirs married into Somalis for reason without that connection Somalis could enslaved that peanut head and take tribute from him.

When (Mongol 🇲🇳) spies were imprisoned on the Somali coast 🇸🇴 Famous 13th century Venetian explorer Marco Polo talks about Mogadishu which he referred to as (Madagascar). He says (Kingdom of Mogadishu) was governed by 4 sheikhs then he goes on to say it’s “one of the noblest and greatest islands in the world”. Also many ships from around the world come to (Mogadishu) to trade the locals importing goods such as (silk cloth, gold, etc). Marco Polo also mentions (Kublai Khan), the Mongol king and grandson of (Genghis Khan), who “sent spies to obtain information about the country”. These spies were captured and imprisoned, and upon their release, they shared the “many great wonders of these strange islands”. Later on, during (Yuan dynasty), the (Kingdom of Mogadishu) would go on to establish trade relations with the Mongol empire The (fourth photo) displayed below shows a pottery set from the (Yuan Dynasty) found in (Mogadishu) from this historical period (3rd photo) is medieval painting of Mogadishu which he referred to as (Madagascar) based on Marco Polo writings.

Li Shi Chinese author from 12th century the oldest mention of Giraffes from Africa in Chinese literature is on the Somalia coast in 12th century. This is the 4th oldest & the most detailed descriptions of giraffes in Chinese literature. The first mention of giraffes in Chinese literature is by Chinese author Bai Juyi in 9th century (wasn’t as detailed)

🧵- History of Somali spice merchants and their trade with Mediterranean world. 1. The first mention of the Horn of Africa by Greco-Romans was the Somali region which they referred to it as “Regio Cinnamonifera” They named the region after cinnamon which shows how significant Somalis were in the spice trade during the Classical antiquity period. - time period (3rd Century BCE)

Thread 🧵: Debunking Argobba being associated with Walashma & Early Horn of Africa Muslim history. I’ll prove 3 points. 1. Modern Argobba stole medieval 1400-1500s region/town name that Somali Muslim named. 2. Argobba are Amhara runaways 3. Argobba were converted recently