@KidStranglehold Thanks bud. I will post about the missing EA warriors sometime tomorrow or wednesday enchallah.

@Ajuran Why did you call yourself Ajuran? You are not Ajuran. It is like me calling myself Garre or Isxaaq, it makes no sense. What is your clan?
You only posted Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire, Sayid Mohammed Abdullah Hasan, a female pilot and some irrelevant Kacaan general.

I sense mutiny here...

yousuf12: @KidStranglehold Thanks bud. I will post about the missing EA warriors sometime tomorrow or wednesday enchallah.

@Ajuran Why did you call yourself Ajuran? You are not Ajuran. It is like me calling myself Garre or Isxaaq, it makes no sense. What is your clan?
You only posted Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire, Sayid Mohammed Abdullah Hasan, a female pilot and some irrelevant Kacaan general.

AJURAN is a Somali empire you fool. i had many other names. Axum, Ajuran, Ayanle456, Somalia1,2,3,4,5,6,7, Pirate, etc.

My mom is Isaq and my dad is Darod.

Lol just sit down and keep your ignorant mouth shut!
Ajuuraan are a noble Somali clan, most of them live in Kenya, but you can still find them in the capital and between the Shabeela and Juba rivers. They were the founders of the Ajuuraan state.

At least research about them before taking their name.

Give me a subclan! Anyone can look up on Somali clans and claim Darod, Hawiya, Isaaq and etc.

yousuf12: Lol just sit down and keep your ignorant mouth shut!
Ajuuraan are a noble Somali clan, most of them live in Kenya, but you can still find them in the capital and between the Shabeela and Juba rivers. They were the founders of the Ajuuraan state.

At least research about them before taking their name.

Give me a subclan! Anyone can look up on Somali clans and claim Darod, Hawiya, Isaaq and etc.

Bro. I pick names of somali historical importance. I picked Ajuran as it was a state in ancient somalia. Isadkaay. and idaaf.

Stop making me come across as a racist. Some of my best friends are black. I only came here to entertain myself.

yousuf12: Lol just sit down and keep your ignorant mouth shut!
Ajuuraan are a noble Somali clan, most of them live in Kenya, but you can still find them in the capital and between the Shabeela and Juba rivers. They were the founders of the Ajuuraan state.

At least research about them before taking their name.

Give me a subclan! Anyone can look up on Somali clans and claim Darod, Hawiya, Isaaq and etc.

Can you post some interesting facts about the Ajuuraan Empire if you dont mind?

KidStranglehold:

Can you post some interesting facts about the Ajuuraan Empire if you dont mind?

The obsession continues.

Ajuran: African warriors who became slaves? lmao


The only african Warrirors are in Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea

What is this one on about? which warriors were enslaved?

I present to you... The Ajuuraan Empire of East Africa.



1. Medieval hydraulic empire (only African hydraulic empire during middle ages)
2. One of the first non-European states to successfully engage Portugal in naval warfare. Several battles were waged between the Portuguese and the Ajuuraan who defended their cities from Portuguese occupation.
3. First empire in Africa and one of the first non-European states which succeeded in mobilizing an operation to intervene to assist foreign states and drive the Portuguese out of established colonies. At the request of rulers from Southeast Africa, a joint Ajuuraan-Ottoman naval force freed occupied cities. The Portuguese eventually recaptured these colonies.
4. The empire was also engaged in exploration and had a diplomatic presence as far as China where it established the first recorded African community in China during reign of Emperor Yongle (1360 –1424). Ajuuraan explorers for example went to the Maldives where they occupied the island and found gold before the arrival of the Portuguese. Merchants from Mogadishu established a colony in Mozambique to extract gold from the mines in Sofala etc.
5. Merchants sailed to Cairo, Damascus, Mocha, Mombasa, Aden, Madagascar, Hyderabad and the islands of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, establishing communities along the way.
6. The Ajuuraans had their own currency which was in wide circulation. 15th century Ajuuraan coins were found recently in the UAE.
More info below:
The Ajuuraan state or Ajuuraan sultanate[1] (Somali: Saldanadda Ajuuraan, Arabic: اٍمارة أجوران‎) was a Somali Muslim empire[2][3][4] that ruled over large parts of the Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages. Through a strong centralized administration and an aggressive military stance towards invaders, the Ajuuraan Empire successfully resisted an Oromo invasion from the west and a Portuguese incursion from the east during the Gaal Madow and the Ajuuraan-Portuguese wars. Trading routes dating from the ancient and early medieval periods of Somali maritime enterprise were strengthened or re-established, and foreign trade and commerce in the coastal provinces flourished with ships sailing to and coming from a many kingdoms and empires in East Asia, South Asia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa and East Africa.
The empire left an extensive architectural legacy, being the major medieval Somali power engaged in castle and fortress building, with many of the hundreds of ruined fortifications dotting the landscapes of Somalia today attributed to Ajuuraan engineers.[5] and includes many of the pillar tomb fields, necropolises and ruined cities built in that era. During the Ajuuraan period many regions and peoples in East Africa converted to Islam because of the theocratic nature of the government. The royal family, the House of Gareen, expanded its territories and established its hegemonic rule through a skillful combination of warfare, trade linkages and alliances.[6]
As an hydraulic empire, the Ajuuraan Empire monopolized the water resources of the Shabelle and Jubba rivers. Through hydraulic engineering, it also constructed many of the limestone wells and cisterns of the state that are still operative and in use today. The rulers developed new systems for agriculture and taxation, which continued to be used in parts of the Horn of Africa as late as the 19th century.



Ajuuraan-Portuguese Wars
The European Age of discovery brought Europe's then superpower the Portuguese empire to the coast of East Africa, which at the time enjoyed a flourishing trade with foreign nations. The wealthy southeastern city-states of Kilwa, Mombasa, Malindi, Pate and Lamu were all systematically sacked and plundered by the Portuguese. Tristão da Cunha then set his eyes on Ajuuraan territory, where the battle of Barawa was fought. After a long period of engagement, the Portuguese soldiers burned the city and looted it. However, fierce resistance by the local population and soldiers resulted in the Portuguese's failure to permanently occupy the city, and the inhabitants who had fled to the interior would eventually return and rebuild the city. After Barawa, Tristão would set sail for Mogadishu, which was the richest city on the East African coast. But word had spread of what had happened in Barawa, and a large troop mobilization had taken place. Many horsemen, soldiers and battleships in defense positions were now guarding the city. Nevertheless, Tristão still opted to storm and attempt to conquer the city, although every officer and soldier in his army opposed this, fearing certain defeat if they were to engage their opponents in battle. Tristão heeded their advice and sailed for Socotra instead. In 1660, the Portuguese in Mombasa surrendered to a joint Somali-Omani force.[31
Over the next several decades Somali-Portuguese tensions would remain high and the increased contact between Somali sailors and Ottoman corsairs worried the Portuguese who sent a punitive expedition against Mogadishu under Joao de Sepulveda, which was unsuccessful.[32] Ottoman-Somali cooperation against the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean reached a high point in the 1580s when Ajuuraan clients of the Somali coastal cities began to symphatize with the Arabs and Swahilis under Portuguese rule and sent an envoy to the Turkish corsair Mir Ali Bey for a joint expedition against the Portuguese. He agreed and was joined by a Somali fleet, which began attacking Portuguese colonies in Southeast Africa.[33]
The Somali-Ottoman offensive managed to drive out the Portuguese from several important cities such as Pate, Mombasa and Kilwa. However, the Portuguese governor sent envoys to India requesting a large Portuguese fleet. This request was answered and it reversed the previous offensive of the Muslims into one of defense. The Portuguese armada managed to re-take most of the lost cities and began punishing their leaders, but they refrained from attacking Mogadishu.[34] Throughout the 16th and 17th century successive Somali Sultans defied the Portuguese economic monopoly in the Indian Ocean by employing a new coinage which followed the Ottoman pattern, thus proclaiming an attitude of economic independence in regard to the Portuguese.

Zheng He of Ming Dynasty with a giraffe gifted to him by the Ajuuraan house of Gareen.



The Mogadishu Sultanate:
Ibn Battuta describes one of the Havenly Blessed Kingdoms from the inside, like never before. this is from his book. from 1331 must read, to understand how rich people lived in that time.
http://africa.widmi.com/index.php/ethiopia/ethiopian-review/opinion/158982-somali-history-greatest-empire-on-african-soil

Now this is the true map of Ajuuraan.



Slaves:
they where in all colours and races. Asians, arabs, Cushitics(oromo) and finally bantus.
In addition to Bantu plantation slaves, Somalis sometimes enslaved peoples of Oromo pastoral background that were captured during wars and raids on Oromo settlements.[4][3] However, there were marked differences in terms of the perception, capture, treatment and duties of the Oromo pastoral slaves versus the Bantu plantation slaves.[4]
On an individual basis, Oromo subjects were not viewed as racially jareer by their Somali captors.[4] The Oromo captives also mostly consisted of young children and women, both of whom were taken into the families of their abductors; men were usually killed during the raids. Oromo boys and girls were adopted by their Somali patrons as their own children. Prized for their beauty and viewed as legitimate sexual partners, many Oromo women became either wives or concubines of their Somali captors, while others became domestic servants.[3][19] In some cases, entire Oromo clans were assimilated on a client basis into the Somali clan system.[3]
Neither captured Oromo children nor women were ever required to do plantation work, and they typically worked side-by-side with the Somali pastoralists. After an Oromo concubine gave birth to her Somali patron's child, she and the child were emancipated and the Oromo concubine acquired equal status to her abductor's other Somali wives. According to the Somali Studies pioneer Enrico Cerulli, in terms of diya (blood money) payments in the Somali customary law (Xeer), the life of an Oromo slave was also equal in value to that of an ordinary ethnic Somali.[19]
Freedom for Oromo slaves was obtained through manumission and was typically accompanied by presents such as a spouse and livestock.[13] During abolition, former Oromo slaves, who generally maintained intimate relations with the Somali pastoralists, were also spared the harsh treatment reserved for the Bantu and Nilotic plantation slaves.

Soldier slaves
The Ajuuraan Empire had a standing army with which the Gareen imams and the governors ruled and protected their subjects. The bulk of the army consisted of mamluke soldiers,[25] who did not have any loyalties to the traditional Somali clan system, thereby making them more reliable. The soldiers were recruited from the inter-riverine area; other recruits came from the surrounding nomadic region. Arab, Persian and Turkish mercenaries were at times employed as well.

Taxation & Mogadishan currency.



The State collected tribute from the farmers in the form of harvested products like durra, sorghum and bun, and from the nomads, cattle, camels and goats. The collecting of tribute was done by a wazir. Luxury goods imported from foreign lands were also presented as gifts to the Gareen rulers by the coastal sultans of the state.
A political device that was implemented by the Gareen rulers in their realm was ius primae noctis, which enabled them to create marriages that enforced their hegemonic rule over all the important groups of the empire. The rulers would also claim a large portion of the bride's wealth, which at the time was 100 camels

Administration:

The Ajuuraan nobility used many of the typical Somali aristocratic and court titles, with the Gareen rulers styled Imam. In the Ajuuraan State, these leaders were the highest authority and counted multiple Sultans, Emirs, and Kings as clients or vassals. The Gareen rulers also had seasonal palaces in Mareeg, Kelaafo and Merca, which they would periodically visit to practice primae noctis. Other important cities in the empire were Mogadishu and Barawa. State religion was Islam and thus law was based on Sharia.

1.Imam – Head of the State.
2.Emir – Commander of the armed forces and navy.
3.Na'ibs – Governors.
4.Wazirs – Tax and revenue collectors.
5.Qadis – Chief Judges.

Economy

As a hydraulic empire, the Ajuuraan Empire monopolized the water resources of the Shebelle and Jubba rivers. Through hydraulic engineering, it also constructed many of the limestone wells and cisterns of the state that are still operative and in use today. The rulers developed new systems for agriculture and taxation, which continued to be used in parts of the Horn of Africa as late as the 19th century. The tyrannical rule of the later Ajuuraan rulers caused multiple rebellions to break out in the empire, and at the end of the 17th century, the Ajuuraan state disintegrated into several successor kingdoms and states, the most prominent being the Geledi Sultanate.

The Ajuuraan sultanate relied on agriculture and trade for most of its income. Major agricultural towns were located on the Shebelle and Jubba rivers, including towns such as Kismayo and Afgooye. With several centers of global trade in its domain situated along the busiest trade routes of the medieval world, the Ajuuraan Empire and its clients were active participants in the East African gold trade, the Silk Road commerce, trade in the Indian Ocean, and trade as far as East Asia.

Trading coins from several Asian kingdoms and empires have been found in Somalia, while Mogadishan coins have also been found as far as the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East. Trading routes dating from the ancient and early medieval periods of Somali maritime enterprise were strengthened or re-established, and foreign trade and commerce in the coastal provinces flourished with ships sailing to and coming from a myriad of kingdoms and empires in East Asia, South Asia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa and East Africa. The merchants of the Ajuuraan Empire through the use of commercial vessels, compasses, multiple port cities, light houses and other technology did brisk business with traders from the following states

Trade with other Empires: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajuuraan_state#Economy

Colony:

Ajuuraan explorers for example went to the Maldives where they occupied the island and found gold before the arrival of the Portuguese. Merchants from Mogadishu established a colony in Mozambique to extract gold from the mines in Sofala.

Immigrants:

Some of them were slaves, students of islam, businessmen, and others escaped their regimes.

The late 15th and 17th centuries saw the arrival of Muslim families from Arabia, Persia, India and Spain to the Ajuuraan Empire, the majority of whom settled in the coastal provinces. Some migrated because of the instability in their respective regions,[22] as was the case with the Hadhrami families from the Yemen and the Muslims from Spain fleeing the Inquisition.[23] Others came to conduct business or for religious purposes. Due to their strong tradition in religious learning, the new Muslim communities also enjoyed high status among the Somali ruling elite and commoners,[24] and were frequently employed as religious advisers or received administrative positions, or served in the Ajuuraan army as soldiers and commanders.


The Ajuuraan Empire had a standing army with which the Gareen imams and the governors ruled and protected their subjects. The bulk of the army consisted of mamluke soldiers,[25] who did not have any loyalties to the traditional Somali clan system, thereby making them more reliable. The soldiers were recruited from the inter-riverine area; other recruits came from the surrounding nomadic region. Arab, Persian and Turkish mercenaries were at times employed as well.

In the early Ajuuraan period, the army's weapons consisted of traditional Somali weapons such as swords, daggers, spears, battle axe, and bows. With the import of firearms from the Ottoman Empire through the Muzzaffar port of Mogadishu, the army began acquiring muskets and cannons. Horses used for military purposes were also raised in the interior, and numerous stone fortifications were erected to provide shelter for the army in the coastal districts.[28] In each province, the soldiers were under the supervision of a military commander known as an emir, and the coastal areas and the Indian ocean trade were protected by a navy.

The buildings the Ajuuraan left behind and general architecture.

Merca and Barawa





























Mogadishu - Hamar

NB: Mogadishu used to be called the White Pearl of indian ocean because Mogadishu was built with the same White stones like Barawe and marka.

Ithna Ashara Mosque, Mogadishu







Arba'a Rukun(Four pillars) Masjid - Muqdishu



Old Hamar weine quarters in Mogadishu.







Abdulaziz masjid







Al Minara - Mogadishu



NB: No one has pictures of the Ajuuraan leaders so far.

All of this is pure copy and paste lol so I'll have to apologise for the spelling and grammar mistakes.

Bro, these bantus only want to steal our history. Their history cannot compare to ours.
Just 1 somali sultanate is better than all the fufu nations combined.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING THREAD I CREATED, PLZ VISIT. LET THE HEALING BEGIN.

https://www.nairaland.com/1516464/black-girl-says-somalis-ethiopians#19520460

Ajuran uskut ya 7maar. Let the men discuss history, you can go and discuss beauty or whatever.

KidStranglehold soon I'll post about Battle of Amba Sel between Imam Ahmad of the Adal Sultanate and the Abyssinian Kingdom, the Dervish wars against the Italians, British and the Ethiopians. I'll also post about the battle of Afabet between the Eritreans and the Ethiopians (bloodiest battle in the whole of East Africa).

yousuf12: Ajuran uskut ya 7maar. Let the men discuss history, you can go and discuss beauty or whatever.

KidStranglehold soon I'll post about Battle of Amba Sel between Imam Ahmad of the Adal Sultanate and the Abyssinian Kingdom, the Dervish wars against the Italians, British and the Ethiopians. I'll also post about the battle of Afabet between the Eritreans and the Ethiopians (bloodiest battle in the whole of East Africa).

Do you think this bantu can comprehend Somali history, am not joking saxib. I once told this black guy that Somalis defeated the portugese and ethiopians and he was schocked. He was schocked at the Idea of dying and fighting for anything other than Shoes and drugs.

Runta ee sheeg wayo baa u caayisa dadkan? This is more than just trolling.

@yousuf12

Awesome post!!!! Now this is what I call contribution unlike what Ajuran/Somalia9 did. Just awesome! And thanks for posting!

But I believe the Mali Empire were the first to successfully engage the Portuguese in navel warfare, but I think Somalis really hurt the Portuguese though especially on the East coast of Africa.

Also do you mind posting info on Somali colonies throughout the Indian ocean? This Somali poster on another site said Somalis had many colonies.

yousuf12: Runta ee sheeg wayo baa u caayisa dadkan? This is more than just trolling.

niin yahoow anigaa always waan necbaa madow, lakiin madowkaan waaxaan kuu nacaay because of maanta dhaan wixi kaa hadlayaan somali.

after that it turned into a hobby. an addiction if you will. But some of the people here are obsessed with me. too much obsession wallahi.

Qabikaay taahaya?

Enough Ayanle, remember what I said about professionalism. He has every right to hear about Somali history.

BROTHER FULAMAN, I HOPE YOUR SUPERVISORS HAVE EXPLAINED THINGS TO YOU CONCERNING CENSORING ME.

I BRING ALOT OF TRAFFIC TO THIS SITE, AND WILL NOT TOLERATE BEING SILENT. WHY DID YOU HIDE MY POSTS.

IT WAS A JOKE WHEN I SAID 'I HOPE YOU RUN OUT OF YOUR HIV MEDICATION'. I DIDNT MEAN IT LITERALLY.

@KidStranglehold I'll look up on that mate. I don't know if it's true but I was told that Somalis ruled Socotra along with many other Islands in the Indian Ocean. The former Somali dictator Siad Barre wanted to reclaim the islands but the civil war broke out.
I don't know much about the Mali Empire and I've literally copied and pasted from other websites so some of the things mentioned may be a tad bit inaccurate.

@Ajuran waxa ku feecan ina shaqo yeelatid. I think it is the other way around, you are obsessed with them.
I mentioned my clan the day you tried to claim it lol.

Fulaman198: Enough Ayanle, remember what I said about professionalism. He has every right to hear about Somali history.

But Fula, come on bro. His creeping me out with his obsession

Ajuran: BROTHER FULAMAN, I HOPE YOUR SUPERVISORS HAVE EXPLAINED THINGS TO YOU CONCERNING CENSORING ME.

I BRING ALOT OF TRAFFIC TO THIS SITE, AND WILL NOT TOLERATE BEING SILENT. WHY DID YOU HIDE MY POSTS.

IT WAS A JOKE WHEN I SAID 'I HOPE YOU RUN OUT OF YOUR HIV MEDICATION'. I DIDNT MEAN IT LITERALLY.

Because it violates:

2. Don't abuse, bully, deliberately insult/provoke, fight, or wish harm to any Nairaland member.

yousuf12: @KidStranglehold I'll look up on that mate. I don't know if it's true but I was told that Somalis ruled Socotra along with many other Islands in the Indian Ocean. The former Somali dictator Siad Barre wanted to reclaim the islands but the civil war broke out.
I don't know much about the Mali Empire and I've literally copied and pasted from other websites so some of the things mentioned may be a tad bit inaccurate.

@Ajuran waxa ku feecan ina shaqo yeelatid. I think it is the other way around, you are obsessed with them.
I mentioned my clan the day you tried to claim it lol.

I wasn't claiming your clan. I used the name Ajuran because it was a Somali sultanate just like the many others. If this name was banned, i would use another, and i have used over 20 other names since coming on this site. So plz sit down, i never heard of a clan named Ajuran till you told me.
But its good to see a laangaab.

You can make jokes, but try not to make jokes that are offensive to any ethnic group or person. This often creates conflict

Fulaman198: You can make jokes, but try not to make jokes that are offensive to any ethnic group or person. This often creates conflict

Okay fula, am sorry Kidstranglehod, i didn't mean to suggest you have virus, and if you do i hope you beat it, we need more africans alive so they can
appreciate the beauty of the cushitic race.

yousuf please join your somali brother in this struggle to take over Nairaland. Is ajuran Darod?