HISTORY Sultan Osman Mahmud II of Majeerteeniya and his young son. Aug. 9, 1911

[Rayaale]

Here others with the hilt resembling the native hilt.
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These thobes look majestic,are they native to Somalis

 

[Soul Kaizer]

These thobes look majestic,are they native to Somalis

Nah they get imported from Bhutan

 

[Rayaale]

Nah they get imported from Bhutan

Bhutan that small country next to India

 

[Soul Kaizer]

Bhutan that small country next to India

Yeah that’s where a lot of culture comes from Somali merchants used to travel up Asia all the time and over time they picked something’s up. Like did you know before 1900s 2% of Somalis were Buddhist monks? During a mass dawah most of them became muslim or left.

 

[Riftvalley]

Yeah that’s where a lot of culture comes from Somali merchants used to travel up Asia all the time and over time they picked something’s up. Like did you know before 1900s 2% of Somalis were Buddhist monks? During a mass dawah most of them became muslim or left.

War maxa tiri?

 

[Soul Kaizer]

War maxa tiri?

Yeah they are extinct now but during their height 50% of Somalis were Buddhist and their was shaolin temples all across Somalia.

 

[Three Moons]

Yeah they are extinct now but during their height 50% of Somalis were Buddhist and their was shaolin temples all across Somalia.
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Idilinaa was right about you niccas

 

[Soul Kaizer]

Idilinaa was right about you niccas

Nah I have manuscripts you guys can’t access.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Prince Xersi Boqor, his son in later years.

During peace times

War agains the Italians

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Boqor Osman Maxamuud and other Majerteen elders. He's the one in the middle.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

1889

 

[Bari]

Prince Xersi Boqor, his son in later years.

During peace times

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War agains the Italians

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[Khaem]

1889

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[Apostle]

Look at this close up. Does this look like an augmented hilt. What’s up with the W shape? Could it be foreign but the locals customised the hilt.
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Unlike others If such a thing is widely common among Somalis I'd imagine it is native or at least adapted by Somalis until proven otherwise

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