Muslim Horner Nisba’s

[محمود فارح]

In Arabia and the wider Muslim world, 3 nisbas are specifically associated with the Horner Muslims.

1. Al-Habashî,
2. Al-Zayla‘î,
3. Al-Jabartî

1. Meaning a Abyssinian from the Highlands
2. Meaning a person from any of the Muslim Sultanates of the Horn (think of, Ifat, Shewa, Adal, Bale, Dawaro, Fatagar)
3. Meaning anyone from the Guban coast.

**The name Abyssinia is used as a general name for the Horn African region.
The frequency of migrations from the Horn to Yemen/Arabia was large enough that in the eighth/fourteenth century the laqab al-Zayla'is eventually expanded to be used to designate any Muslim from the Horn of Africa


For those who don’t know where the name “Jabarti” comes from, it originates in Arabic and means “the burning land.” It was what Arabs called Horner Muslims living on the northern coast.

This correspondences with this area of the Horn of Africa that is extremely hot (Image below). Which could also explain why Eritrean Muslims are also called "Jabarti” by generalization.

The rapid success of some of these migrants and their descendants are measured in a highly symbolic way in veneration, several tombs of saints, such as those of ʿAlī al-Zaylaʿī (circa 13th century), or from Isma'il al-Jabarti (m 875/1471) (Darood's Father), whose mausoleum gave its name to one of the cemeteries most famous of Tihama, north of the city of Zabid.

The most realistic possibility is that Al-Daroud is a Somali sheikh who lived in the Arabian Peninsula, then came to the north and studied there and became well-known, then returned to northern Somalia and was attributed to the Hawashim? Logical

 

[Riftvalley]

Guban aka the burnt lands refers to the desert coastal plain in Waaqoyi. Perhaps a Somali Arabic speaker translated that literally and directly into Arabic.

Jabarti are also found in Yemen, so it is really strange which may have different meanings according to the region.

The enviroment

The geography of Somaliland –and to some extent, all Somalia- can be divided into three main, well differentiated geographic areas, named Guban, Ogo and Haud. The first one correspond to the desert…

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[Maakhri from dhahar]

In Arabia and the wider Muslim world, 3 nisbas are specifically associated with the Horner Muslims.

1. Al-Habashî,
2. Al-Zayla‘î,
3. Al-Jabartî

1. Meaning a Abyssinian from the Highlands
2. Meaning a person from any of the Muslim Sultanates of the Horn (think of, Ifat, Shewa, Adal, Bale, Dawaro, Fatagar)
3. Meaning anyone from the Guban coast.

**The name Abyssinia is used as a general name for the Horn African region.
The frequency of migrations from the Horn to Yemen/Arabia was large enough that in the eighth/fourteenth century the laqab al-Zayla'is eventually expanded to be used to designate any Muslim from the Horn of Africa


For those who don’t know where the name “Jabarti” comes from, it originates in Arabic and means “the burning land.” It was what Arabs called Horner Muslims living on the northern coast.

This correspondences with this area of the Horn of Africa that is extremely hot (Image below). Which could also explain why Eritrean Muslims are also called "Jabarti” by generalization.

The rapid success of some of these migrants and their descendants are measured in a highly symbolic way in veneration, several tombs of saints, such as those of ʿAlī al-Zaylaʿī (circa 13th century), or from Isma'il al-Jabarti (m 875/1471) (Darood's Father), whose mausoleum gave its name to one of the cemeteries most famous of Tihama, north of the city of Zabid.

Correcting the full definition of Guban :

The desert coastal plain ( Guban coming from the Somali word gub, to burn ), running from the French Somaliland ( Djibouti ) where it reaches a maximum length of 95 km to the Cape Guardafui ( Raas Caseyr ) in Puntland .

Britannica :
A broad definition of the Guban includes the narrow coastal “burnt land” extending eastward to the easternmost tip of the northern Somalia coast ( Puntland ) .

 

[Al hashimi]

Jabart is not bc of Guban but rather another name for Ifat where many Muslims settled near Somalia,Ogadenia,Harar and Highland Muslim Areas

 

[ZBR]

But Jabarti has another meaning in Amharic. They call all Muslims Jabarti, which means an ascetic person in their language. That's why Muslims there are called Jabarti.
When Haile Selassie wanted to become a Muslim, they got angry at him and said, “You want to become a Jabarti.”
Muslims there are minorities, which is why they despise them

Funny that the king negus also had to hide Islam due to his people

 

[Khaem]

But Jabarti has another meaning in Amharic. They call all Muslims Jabarti, which means an ascetic person in their language. That's why Muslims there are called Jabarti.
When Haile Selassie wanted to become a Muslim, they got angry at him and said, “You want to become a Jabarti.”
Muslims there are minorities, which is why they despise them

Halie salassie never wanted to become Muslim that was Lij Iyasu.

 

[awsaleban667]

Jabart is not bc of Guban but rather another name for Ifat where many Muslims settled near Somalia,Ogadenia,Harar and Highland Muslim Areas

No it wasn’t

 

[Al hashimi]

Yes it was
According to thirteenth century Arab geographer Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi, Ifat was alternatively known as Jabarta.