Yes the Somalis built it Ibn Mujawir explicitly says so and he also says that the town fell into ruin when they left.
Here's the page
Love the team work man thank you for posting the page I was wondering if maybe I'd confused this anecdote with something else.
I think he means the city of Aden in southern Yemen
Territorial extent probably changed hands multiple times to a greater or lesser extent depending on the time. This occupation was quite earlier on. Later on during the Walashma- you have some historians suggest they ruled a part of Yemen and include Wadi Sumaal near Sanca.
our history is extremely underrated it's crime at this pointJust seeing now there are more interesting details on this event.
Apparently, the Somalis captured or freed the city and the surrounding territory from people who had come from 'juzur al Qamar' - is this a reference to Comoros or the Swahil coast in general.
The water crisis reached a point where before these water works were built, they would apparently bring drinking water all the way from Saylac and also building materials.
Hanan brings out a recent book here where an Arab 'historian' falsifies history and claims 'bilad al Saylac' was Yemeni and controlled by them until the British came
@Laser
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By cadaan does he means Roman guy? Cause they are the only cadaan capable of building this type of thing.
Hanan brings out a recent book here where an Arab 'historian' falsifies history and claims 'bilad al Saylac' was Yemeni and controlled by them until the British came
@Laser
It's true not only the 1400 -1500s but also the 1200s
You have a description of Aden Inhabitants by Ibn Al-Mujawir in 13th century and he mentions the non- Arab ones which among them being Al-Jabartis, Al-Zaylai's and Al-Maqdishis among others nationalities who had become rich and very prominent in the city.
The only translation i could find of his work has many translation errors. In the original Arabic he seems to use terms like Baribar(Berber) and Habash as a lose generalized exonym for Horn of Africans, but the author of this book translates baribar as Somali and Habash as Abyssinian, when it's clear in a lot cases he isn't talking about neither .He translates Al-Jabarti into East Africans.
Only Al- Zayla'i , Al-Maqdishi , and Al-jabarti was place specific terms and they were clearly talking about Somalis who were using it as their Nisba to denote their place of origin. Jabarta was the name used by people from northern Somalia , Arabs refered to it as Jabarta region.
When you see the term ''Berber'' , you need to look at the context in which it is used and if they attached it to specific locale. Can't assume the ethnic origin. Same with ''Habash'', you can't assume they mean Abyssinian or Amhara.
When the Ibn Mujawir uses Baribar in the text in a lot of cases he is referring to Afar or Danakilah from the port of Beilul . He mentions Barbar living in the Danikilah quarter.
he means Aden, the city in yemen akh
Yes I am aware of the Ottoman de facto/indirect claim but this is very different to claiming there was Yemeni control - how could there be Yemeni control when they were themselves governed by the Ottomans?
