Any books about Somali history

[Ali20333]

Can anyone give me books names about Somali history

 

[Osiris1]

I don’t know many but the Futuh al-Habasha is a good one and the most known, though it’s more so Horn African history than strictly Somali.

 

[Strawberry]

Can anyone give me books names about Somali history

I hope your thread receives more attention; it is a very important topic. I would like to know as well.

 

[killerxsmoke]

I hope your thread receives more attention; it is a very important topic. I would like to know as well.

"Saints and somalis" and "the shaping of somali society" are really good books

 

[reer_ugaas_hussein]

For southern somalia Virginia Lulings book on the geledi sultanate named "Somali sultanate: Geledi ciy state over 150 years" and Leo Cassaneli "Shaping of Somali society" are pretty good. A great book which gives a good overview on the history of all somali is Mohamed Haji Mukhtars book " Historical Dictionary of Somalia"

 

[induction]

"Saints and somalis" and "the shaping of somali society" are really good books

coudln't keep reading saints and somalis cuz the author couldn't keep their opinions to themselves. came off as super biased

 

[killerxsmoke]

coudln't keep reading saints and somalis cuz the author couldn't keep their opinions to themselves. came off as super biased

Like what for example

 

[induction]

Like what for example

i don't remember it exactly, but like when he talked about wars between somalis and some other people (i think). referring to them as stupid or something along those lines. like even if they were stupid, it isn't your job to say so. your job is to only discuss the history. after reading him repeat that a couple of times, just couldn't trust the rest of the book ig

 

[killerxsmoke]

i don't remember it exactly, but like when he talked about wars between somalis and some other people (i think). referring to them as stupid or something along those lines. like even if they were stupid, it isn't your job to say so. your job is to only discuss the history. after reading him repeat that a couple of times, just couldn't trust the rest of the book ig

Yh I only read about the saints

There is a guy on Twitter claimed he was a nothing but a fraud

 

[hinters]

I have a book that's in Somali and it lays out Somali history from the 1400s to the present day.

 

[El Nino]

For southern somalia Virginia Lulings book on the geledi sultanate named "Somali sultanate: Geledi ciy state over 150 years" and Leo Cassaneli "Shaping of Somali society" are pretty good. A great book which gives a good overview on the history of all somali is Mohamed Haji Mukhtars book " Historical Dictionary of Somalia"

Wasn’t Cassanelli the one that claimed arabs or swahilis found Xamar and other koonfuur coastal cities? I would take anything he says with caution or outright reject. Definitely questionable man.

 

[Strawberry]

I have a book that's in Somali and it lays out Somali history from the 1400s to the present day.

Please do share pictures of the book; that would be great.

 

[hinters]

Please do share pictures of the book; that would be great.

Just came back from a workout so I'm feeling lazy but I'll post it inshallah.

 

[TheProfessor]

"Saints and somalis" and "the shaping of somali society" are really good books

Do u have free link or pdf of this book so I can read it

 

[killerxsmoke]

Do u have free link or pdf of this book so I can read it

You can go to z library for those books, I cant share you link cuz the website told me not share the domain, I think it has something to with the site always getting taken down by the federal government of USA

 

[Noble]

For southern somalia Virginia Lulings book on the geledi sultanate named "Somali sultanate: Geledi ciy state over 150 years" and Leo Cassaneli "Shaping of Somali society" are pretty good. A great book which gives a good overview on the history of all somali is Mohamed Haji Mukhtars book " Historical Dictionary of Somalia"

"Somali sultanate: Geledi ciy state over 150 year" is a hard book to get hands on I've scoured the Web

 

[reer_ugaas_hussein]

"Somali sultanate: Geledi ciy state over 150 year" is a hard book to get hands on I've scoured the Web

the book is just a published and updated version of Lulings phd thesis from 1971 "Social structure of southern somali tribes" which took as its subject the town afgooye. Here is a link to the phd thesis if it interest you.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1317929/1/302018.pdf

 

[Shibbane]

The best I've read is "Taarikhda Afka iyo Bulshada Soomaaliyeed" by Prof. Cabdalla Mansuur