Anicent sufi shrines where?

[Araabi]

She's Gadabuursi(Xeebjire) like myself, her mother was Jaarso on both sides and her father's mother was Issa, from what I can tell both sides of the family lived chercher for the last couple hundred years, I plan to visit the area sometime next year since I still have family living in the area.

When you go there find as much information as you can regarding the size of our community there and whether or not they assimilated into the local culture or are still ok

 

[NidarNidar]

When you go there find as much information as you can regarding the size of our community there and whether or not they assimilated into the local culture or are still ok

They speak Oromo to communicate with their neighbours but speak fluent Somali, thankfully there was enough of a community to survive assimilation, funny enough my grandmother's mother hated Oromos, and my grandmother was heavily influenced to the point she married my maternal grandfather who was a sheikh who was Habar Yusif at 17 her father gave him land since he was Gadabuursi.

 

[AfranQallo]

From what I recall the Jaarso live there as well and have intermarried with them and the Gadabuursi, my grandmother is from the region, supposedly the area inhabited by Afar/Saho prior to the Oromo migrations, my grandmother gets these results in her illustrate test.

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Cirro is an Ituu city. There are Nooles and other AQ who immigrated and own land throughout carcar(western hararghe) but the population is mainly ituu. Jarsoo are mainly the furthest east in Oromia bordering Somalis.

 

[NidarNidar]

Cirro is an Ituu city. There are Nooles and other AQ who immigrated and own land throughout carcar(western hararghe) but the population is mainly ituu. Jarsoo are mainly the furthest east in Oromia bordering Somalis.

I was talking about events prior to the Oromo expansion from southern Ethiopia in the 16th century. The area was settled by Afar, Somalis, and various other Muslim peoples. The area was called Doba and was linked to the Ifat Sultanate going as far back as the 13th century. There are multiple mosques that have similar styles to those found in Zeila, Dirdhiba, Awbere, and so on.

 

[DubatDiaries]

There was a couple of these white shrines in the Ogaden region. At one gravesite, I've seen some smaller raised graves painted white that looked kind of looked like coffins, there was also a larger one which you could walk into (a mausoleum). I don't know the exact dates but they looked like they are less than 200 years old.

Also, since sufi tariqas have lost popularity among my extended family and Somalis as a whole, I think some of theses shrines of the 'Imam' or 'Murshid' haven't been looked after much.

 

[Takis]

From what I recall the Jaarso live there as well and have intermarried with them and the Gadabuursi, my grandmother is from the region, supposedly the area inhabited by Afar/Saho prior to the Oromo migrations, my grandmother gets these results in her illustrate test.

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I find the broadly NE African interesting, I have seen it in Somali-Oromo mixed in which they cannot tell it apart. But the large Ethiopian percentage proves that Jaarso are Oromo or at least mixed with it.

 

[Takis]

Cirro is an Ituu city. There are Nooles and other AQ who immigrated and own land throughout carcar(western hararghe) but the population is mainly ituu. Jarsoo are mainly the furthest east in Oromia bordering Somalis.

Which AQ clan is the majority in Midhaga and Meyumuluke? For Midhaga specifically, it seems to have a lot of Hawiye kebeles in it, although I have heard those ones are in Fadis.

 

[NidarNidar]

I find the broadly NE African interesting, I have seen it in Somali-Oromo mixed in which they cannot tell it apart. But the large Ethiopian percentage proves that Jaarso are Oromo or at least mixed with it.

It's not showing up on Illustrate or any other site, 23andme shows me as 100% Somali as well.

Here are my results on illustrate.

 

[Takis]

It's not showing up on Illustrate or any other site, 23andme shows me as 100% Somali as well.

Here are my results on illustrate.

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Interesting, at the very least it seems you didn’t inherit any of the Ethiopian.

 

[Idilinaa]

These are the ones that i am aware of.

Ancient Sufi shrines Mausoleums and Tombs In Sanaag

Close up of the one in the middle which is Shaykh Samaaroon (Imam Ali Siciid)

Ancient mosque in Maydh Sanag

Ancient coastal mosque in berbera

Ancient Mosque in Berbera, they need to restore this.

It was more intact just a few decades ago

Another ancient mosque in Berbera

Another one.

Sufi shrine and adjacent mosque of of Aw Barkhadle near Hargeisa.

Ancient Mosque between Garowe and Bosaso

I remember seeing another mosque picture floating around attributed to Hafun , haven't really found confirmation on that one.

The rest of the surviving ancient mosques and shrines that are like 300+ years old and so that are not in ruins seem to be concentrated in Harar. But we all know the story there, unfortunately. There might be a few in other places in Ogaden and around Bur/Juba area.

Among the old major coastal towns in the north like Zayla, Hafun, Bosaso, Maydh, and Berbera haven't fared well due to late 1800s and early 1920 bombardment by colonialists from the sea, and in the 1500s and partial abandonement or full abandonment with Zayla due to french railroad system. Same with other smaller settlements.

How much these shrines and tombs dooted the countryside landscape creating an every scene for the casual observer.