is anyone else attracted to geeljires?

[Dima&Damo]

Niggas Used Be Fly Now We Wear PJs And Call It Daqaan

 

[Shimbiris]

It could have been that the Imam and the previous dynasty supplied the tribal men with armor for the war.

There's a scene described in the book that's very interesting. When the tribes come to Harar to answer the call of the Imam and they meet him, a big point is made of how they show off their cloths, weapons and armor to him:

The first of the tribes to reach the imam was Habr Maqdi with their lord and
chieftain Ahmad Girri bin Husain, the Somali. They encampcd in a placc called
Qasa in the heights above the valley of Harar. They showed off their equipment
and their weapons, and paraded their horses. They were anights, and what knights!
And they were foot-soldiers; and what foot- soldiers! The imam rejoiced at their
arrival exceedingly. They met the imam :ace to face, and he welcomed them with
the warmest of welcomes. He gave them gifts of apparel, and provisions, and
treated them graciously, garbing Their chieftain, Ahmad Girri, in particularly
exquisite clothing.
After them it w'as the tribe of Girri who came up. Their chieftain was Mattanl6>
bin ‘Utman bin Kaled, the Somali. They showed off their weaponry .ind armour,
paraded their horses and had their bows slung sash-like over their
shoulders as they met the imam face to facc. He commanded them then to go ahead
to a place callcd Sim. Their chieftain had brought with him his wife, Fardusa, the
sister of the imam Ahmad. And he set out ahead, he and his army.
Then the tribe of Zarba166 came up after them. Their chieftain was the sultan

Muhammad son of the paternal aunt of the imam. With him were one-thousand-
and-sixty notable infantry, and forty knights. The imam made them welcome and

showed them his favour. He [sultan Muhammad] resided at Harar. The imam was
exceedingly delighted at this and gave thanks to the Most High God.

There's another scene described before from right when the tribes get the call to arms:

Two of the messengers returned from their journey bearing good news about
the arrival of the Somali tribes. ‘No one heard your letter read out,' the two of them
said, ‘without responding obediently to the Most High God. They have responded
to your plea. Great numbers of them have equipped themselves with armour made
from chain rings with overlapping tiers. The tribes have followed one another,
kinsfolk in the footsteps of kinsfolk, tribe in the footsteps of tribe.’

It sounds an awful lot like the armor is just theirs and they donned it and brought it with them when they received the call to war. Doesn't seem the Imam supplied them at all as they're flexing their possessions to him when they meet him and don it all before they come to him. But who knows, maybe it was supplied by their Garads, some of whom may very well have ruled tuulo or port-towns?

 

[World]

There's a scene described in the book that's very interesting. When the tribes come to Harar to answer the call of the Imam and they meet him, a big point is made of how they show off their cloths, weapons and armor to him:



There's another scene described before from right when the tribes get the call to arms:


It sounds an awful lot like the armor is just theirs and they donned it and brought it with them when they received the call to war. Doesn't seem the Imam supplied them at all as they're flexing their possessions to him when they meet him and don it all before they come to him. But who knows, maybe it was supplied by their Garads, some of whom may very well have ruled tuulo or port-towns?

I think you’re right tbh, my mistake. I just don’t understand why they would stop using armor and wear two white clothes instead.

 

[Shimbiris]

I think you’re right tbh, my mistake. I just don’t understand why they would stop using armor and wear two white clothes instead.

Yeah, I'm a little confused myself. The same is true for Xabashis, as you can see. Pretty much no armor by the 19th century despite how ubiquitous mail and plate seemed in the 16th century. Did guns seriously have that great an effect? It's like they saw one guy get absolutely demolished with a rifle while wearing mail and said "Haye, stop production now.".

 

[Dima&Damo]

There's a scene described in the book that's very interesting. When the tribes come to Harar to answer the call of the Imam and they meet him, a big point is made of how they show off their cloths, weapons and armor to him:



There's another scene described before from right when the tribes get the call to arms:


It sounds an awful lot like the armor is just theirs and they donned it and brought it with them when they received the call to war. Doesn't seem the Imam supplied them at all as they're flexing their possessions to him when they meet him and don it all before they come to him. But who knows, maybe it was supplied by their Garads, some of whom may very well have ruled tuulo or port-towns?

Man The Horn Got Some Awesome Stories To Tell

 

[Ghengis Kaarhis]

That is not "traditional clothes". This is:

Still got the hots?

Pic #2 and #3 young geljire is styling on em while standing on one leg

 

[liya]

Pic #2 and #3 young geljire is styling on em while standing on one leg

Maybe he was trying to itch his leg

I’m just joking

 

[Dima&Damo]

 

[Abdisamad]

@qaysiyolaylo

Reminds me of this crazy ass xalimo with adhd syndrom who told us once she was making extra G's on the side by selling feet pics on only fans to white middle aged guys with fetish.. Are you by any chance her?

 

[Clllam]

Probably just tradition and sticking to old ways. What I find interesting is how much armor seems to have disappeared probably with the introduction of guns. In the 16th century the Futux al-Xabasha makes it clear that the both the Muslim forces heavily populated by Somalis and the Christian Xabash wore everything from chainmail to breast plates to iron helmets:



By the 19th century, though, even Xabashis seem to have completely abandoned armor:

Definitely. Somalis must’ve known and attained early modern weaponry like muskets and cannons around the same time as Europeans and Arabs. Even Banadir had Cuirassiers and modern defenses facing the unsuspecting Portuguese.

I think it has to do with the fact that there wasn’t much of a threat from a formidable opponent after the 17th century and eventually, keeping a rifle probably became useless. Like the Horn only saw renewed conflict during colonization. The spears used prior to the 20th century were probably symbolic staffs and traditional Items rather than a serious weapon like it was for the Zulus.