Somali market in Egypt (early islamic era)

[Somali_patriotic]

 

[HabarSteven12]

There is no mention of Somali in that source. Barbar is used to describe a geographical region. It's not specific to Somalis. The person you are referring to reached a premature conclusion without any concrete evidence to support his claim. His preconceived assumption led him to formulate a false assertion. No credible academic source mentions Somalis residing in Egypt during the early Islamic period

 

[Zak12]

There is no mention of Somali in that source. Barbar is used to describe a geographical region. It's not specific to Somalis. The person you are referring to reached a premature conclusion without any concrete evidence to support his claim. His preconceived assumption led him to formulate a false assertion. No credible academic source mentions Somalis residing in Egypt during the early Islamic period

Except it was mostly Somalis who lived in the Barbaria region aka Somalia

 

[Emir of Zayla]

There is no mention of Somali in that source. Barbar is used to describe a geographical region. It's not specific to Somalis. The person you are referring to reached a premature conclusion without any concrete evidence to support his claim. His preconceived assumption led him to formulate a false assertion. No credible academic source mentions Somalis residing in Egypt during the early Islamic period

Barbar/Berber was used to describe the inhabitants of Barbaria (Ancient Somalia) since the time Punt was trading with Ancient Egypt. Is it somehow surpising that Somalis have a trading market in Egypt?

https://www.somalispot.com/threads/the-word-%E2%80%9Cberber-barbar%E2%80%9D-may-not-be-from-greek-but-from-an-ancient-egyptian-ethnonym-for-the-puntites.156704/