You got that from James Dahl website .
There is no evidence of Muqdishk being named by Himyarites or those people ever ruled in Muqdisho . Most scholars place the Azania described in the Greek somewhere South of modern Somalia .
Furthermore , the theory of the etymology deriving form the Maqd Shah or the seat of the Shah has now evidence and was something popularised by colonial authors and then Somalis ran with it . Muqdisho or Muqdishaw sounds nothing like Maqd Shah to be honest with you .
The Somali word for Xamar means Tamarind bark or tree . I have no idea how that name came about but at least we can say it’s from the local language .
nope, try again.
did you not see my post? this was literally found in Mogadishu