🧵A British pioneer sent on an expedition escaping imprisonment at the hands of the Habar Awal near Berbera, he was with Richard Burton and another man who camped at Berbera after the trade fair and had their camp raided at 2 AM, his comrades deserted him.
#Somaliland #somali In the ensuing fight, Stroyan was killed by the Habar Awal - Makaahiil & Ciise musa savages, and Speke was captured and wounded in eleven places before he managed to escape. Burton was impaled with a javelin, the point entering one cheek and exiting the other.

THREAD🧵- Bulhar a historic port in the Sahil region of Somaliland with routes dating back to antiquity. The site is believed to correspond with the ancient commercial Port of Isis described by the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder.
#Somaliland 1⃣ Bulhar's routes date back to antiquity, the settlement was not repopulated until the mid-19th century. The re-establishment of Bulhar was due to a dissension between the Reer Ahmed Nur and Reer Yunis Nuh lineages of the Habar Awal clan both these clans fought over Berbera.

THREAD: The Life and Legend of Sheikh Isaaq bin Ahmed bin Mohammed. #Somaliland #Arab #Somali When Isaaq arrived in Yemen, he was 10 years old. He, later on, traveled to the Saba region of Yemen, he stayed there for 15 years and he preached more about Islam to the locals. The Sultan/Ruler of Saba married his sister to Isaaq. She bore him two sons Dara'an and Sharif.

THREAD (Reer Caynaanshe warriors) Sultaan Nuur Amaan (1844-1910) the first sultan who declared war against the British. Sultan Nuur Amaan was an excellent Horsemen and had the best skills in warfare and was also a commander. He had the biggest army in Somaliland. #Somaliland Boqor Xirsi Amaan the warrior king (1823-1879) the first founder of the centralized northern Somali state, the first sultan who imposed regulated tax in British #Somaliland.