The Rich history of Saylac (Zeila)

[Shmurda]

Zeila was the historic capital of the Adalite kingdom and one of the oldest cities on the east african coast. The rich history this city has is absolutely breathtaking and is definitely on my bucket list of places to visit in the future.

Shrine of ibrahim saylici (13th century)

7th Century Masjid Al-Qiblatayn (One of the oldest mosques in Africa. Contains two qiblas one facing Jerusalem and the other Mecca.)

Adal Sultanate ruins

Ottoman house made with stones

Ancient Sumado script writing (Proof land of punt was Somali)

 

[abdallah]

Ruins in Amoud, Borama (Said to be built by the Harlas)

 

[abdallah]

Old mosque in Abasa, Awdal

 

[Shmurda]

Zeila in the 1900s

Drawing of the city when Masjid Al-Qiblatayn was being built

 

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Is that last Sumado script verified? I have never seen anything else on the topic.

 

[Shmurda]

Ruins in Amoud, Borama (Said to be built by the Harlas)
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Thats very interesting do you suspect that some harlas have been absorbed by the clans in awdal?

 

[Shmurda]

Is that last Sumado script verified? I have never seen anything else on the topic.

There's no concrete proof but its reasonable to assume that an ancient script once existed somewhere on the somali peninsula. Also the writing on the cave looks like the sumado alphabet

There's also this stone tablet found somewhere in Somalia with Sumado writing no one knows how old it is unfortunately

Hopefully as our areas develop more stuff like this will be found. I can't wait for when the sumado script gets deciphered and we will have interesting details about who our ancestors were and how they lived

 

[abdallah]

Thats very interesting do you suspect that some harlas have been absorbed by the clans in awdal?

Yeah, i heard there were some Ciise and Samaroon subclans that claims to be the descendants of the Harlas.
i suspect the Ogadens got some Harlas aswell

 

[Samaalic Era]

Zeila in the 1900s
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Drawing of the city when Masjid Al-Qiblatayn was being built
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Why does it look so neat compared to current Chaotic design of Somali towns

 

[Shmurda]

Why does it look so neat compared to current Chaotic design of Somali towns

Wish I knew tbh the thing about Saylac is that I can't tell whether a Somali built a building or if it was a Turk, Arab, British, or Italian.

 

[Grant]

Zeila in the 1900s
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Drawing of the city when Masjid Al-Qiblatayn was being built
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The engraving is 19th century. The Masjid Al-Qiblatayn was built before the Hejira.

 

[Marcus]

Why'd they make 2 Qiblas?

 

[Shmurda]

The engraving is 19th century. The Masjid Al-Qiblatayn was built before the Hejira.

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My apologies I got the dates mixed up

Why'd they make 2 Qiblas?

The masjid was built when the qibla was facing jerusalem so they built another qibla once it got changed to mecca I think