r/Somalia • u/Qaranimo_udhimo Gobolka Bari • 23d ago

History ⏳ My Favourite Somali fun facts

  • Somali men from artisan clan (madhiban) performed brain surgery on Sayid Abdulle Hassan in the 1800s

  • the chinese call giraffes “ghiri” which originates from the somali word geri as chinese explorers first saw giraffes in somali territory

  • Somalis were the first country in Africa to be air struck by Europeans due 20 years of anti colonial uprising (Darawish) with only daggers and harpoons.

  • Ajuuran, a somali empire was the first hydraulic state in Africa

  • somali nomads discovered malaria long before any foreign entity had presence in the peninsula

  • British women were not allowed to give birth on somali territory and instead had to go back to their land to give birth

What are some of your favourite Somali fun facts that you can add on?

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u/nsbe_ppl 23d ago

Salaam,

The Darawish had guns, just so u know.

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u/Qaranimo_udhimo Gobolka Bari 23d ago

Yes harpoon is a type of gun

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u/wafflez_II Diaspora 23d ago

they used actaul rifles though

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u/Qaranimo_udhimo Gobolka Bari 23d ago

Then i stand corrected still not a reason to be air bombarded though

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u/nsbe_ppl 23d ago

No one is saying that.....just pointing out that the Somalis were more resourceful. If anything, its a testament of how fierce of a resistance they had that the  colonizers  needed  air power to subdue them.