2020年5月13日 · 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 …

2024年7月21日 · Qadi of Zeila in ottoman eras were administrative rulers. Richard burton didn’t understand the true role of the qadi and how the ottomans saw them. Here are what Turkish historians saw about their rule. ‘Districts in the Ottoman state are administrative units ruled by civil administrators...

2024年7月8日 · In 1841, Sharmarke made a strategic move to seize control of Zeila. He chartered two dhows and gathered fifty Somali Matchlock men and two cannons to overthrow the Arab Governor, Syed Mohammed Al Barr. The sight and sound of Sharmarke's cannons caused Al Barr's followers to flee, allowing Sharmarke to take over as the ruler of Zeila.

2017年5月26日 · Sharmake Ali Saleh 1797-1861 NOTE: This period is a bit iffy, technically the sahil was part of the ottoman empire through the egyptian Khedivate, but the ottomans had little control over the Egyptians and the Egyptians had little control of the Somalis. Little is known how Sharmaarke ook over...

2023年12月14日 · There was a Yemeni-Zaidi community in Zeila. The Yemeni-Zaidi immigrants arrived in 739 AD. I am not sure how strong their influence was in the region. The ruling class of Zeila were mostly Sunni Muslims, so I am not sure how the Zaidi community was treated. No one is quite sure when the influence of the Zaidi community diminished in Zeila.

2017年6月25日 · Thus, Zeila rose to prominence as a major trade center. With a rapid rise in merchants passing through the port, much as it did throughout the Indian ocean, Islam spread out from Zeila and the nearby inland people began becoming Muslims such as the Argobba, who became Muslim in 1108.

2023年12月18日 · Zeila was historically used to denote whole regions that were considerably larger than the towns themselves. The only Shia community I could think of that once lived in northern Somalia and eastern parts of Ethiopia is the Yemeni-Zaidi community.

2024年1月25日 · Beginning in 1630, the city became a dependency of the ruler of Mocha, who, for a small sum, leased the port to one of the office-holders of Mocha. The latter, in return, collected a toll on its trade. Zeila was subsequently ruled by an Emir, whom Mordechai Abir suggested had "some vague claim...

2023年12月18日 · Okay, name the Somali rulers and their clans that controlled Zeila before the 19th century. I already named the Arab tribes that inhabited Zeila, and they are well documented in the Book of Aqeeliyoon. Hussein Al Zaylici, which is a subclan of the Banu Aqeel, Makhzumi, and Mawyanni, controlled Zeila.

2024年8月15日 · Came across this source from Al-Masudi who claims Zeila during the 9th century was ruled by Habasha (Aksum). How truthful is this because Al-Yaqubi from the same century explicitly states Zeila was an Islamic city.