well, i see here some ppl trespassing the truth and effacing the reality, whereas the truth is for the humanity and history.
Imam Ahmad Ibrahim appeared as a leader in Afar kingdom of Adal. The Adal kingdom was basically estableshed in Afar land, was containg most of Afar triangle and very small part of Harar region with existence of somali people in south of Zaila.
The Amhara people who were in fight with Afars for more than 1500 years, they were and still calling Afar people 'Adal' because they are the true children of Adal kingdom and their present sultanates (Awsa, Girrifo, Goobad, Rahayto and Tadjourah) are its real successors, while they call Somali people by their normal name (Somli) and they also call Oromo by their normal name. Even the Somali people call Afars 'Adali'.
Imam Ahmad Ibrahim was basically depending on Afars in his wars against the highlands' christians. After he invaded Shoa and Tigrai his army was containing individuals, even leaders of people other than Afars or Somalis.
like people of Hadya kingdom, Gurage kingdom, Bale kingdom and also some muslims from Ifat and few people recently converted to Islam from Oromo, Jabarti and some other ethnic groups were living in Harar itself, which was the royal capital of Afar kingdom of Adal. But still Afars were the majority in Imam's army, at least two thirds of his army were Afars and one third was all other Ethiopian muslims together
When Imam Ahmad Ibrahim started his expedition on Shembera Kure, he divided his army into three wings, the right wing was Afar tribe of Haralla leading by Imam's cousin Sultan Mohamed, the left wing was Somali tribe leading by Matan, and the heart of the army was the Afar Malassai division and other few Ethiopian muslim warriors leading by Imam himself.
Malassai means the secret we keep" in Afar language.
many ppl wrongly think that Imam Ahmad (Gura) or (Gragn) is a Somalian.
First, there is no evidence on that.
Second, back in 50's and 60's of 20th century, some politicians (epecially from the Arab world) tried to describe the conflict between the Abyssinian muslims and christians in the reign of Imam Ahmad 'Gragn', as if it was Somalian-Ethiopian conflict. that was for political purposes, that campaign gave impression if as Imam Ahmad 'Gragn' is a somalian.
finally, i say, how somali ppl were fighting christian Amhara and Tigrenia who were forming together a kingdom of the Solomonid dynasty in Ethiopian highlands, while they have no borders with Amhara or Tigre ?
every book talking aout Imam Ahmed Ibrahim ( Ahmed Gura) depends on the book of (Futuh Al-Habasha) for the witness Arab historian Shihab Al-din known by the Adal Kingdom ppl and the world as (Arab Fakih) who gave him that title??? the Afars of course, because if it was Somalis it would be (Fakih Arab). in Afar language the adjective comes before noun and in opposit in Somali language.
example: Red Sea , in Afar ( Qasa Bada), in Somali (Bada Cas).
Imam Ahmad Ibrahim married Dele-Wan-Bara (means the close daughter in Afar language) she is a daughter of prince Mahfuz, the prince of Zaila, she was accompanying imam Ahmad Ibrahim during his expeditions.
Àhmed gura? his name is AHMED GUREY in somali and gragn in ethiopian, he is 100% ethnic somali and there is evidence on that. the Ethiopians thod he was a Arab, but the somalis have evidance on that he was a somali, he was from the fucking DIR clan that lives in from Zeila to djibouti , to dire dawa, dire dawa means where the dir putted his spear, man your insane, where did you get all that bull shit from ?
dude, why do you think Somalians and ethiopians hate eachother so much? it's because of THAT WAR!!! we have been enmies for almost 600 years, we HATE eachother, why do you think ethiopian soldiers are dragged true the streets of mogadishu that lies thousands of miles south of zeila? because they hate eachother cuz of that war! so don't try to denie that ahmed was a somali and don't try to say that his troops were freaking Afars.
OMG!!!!! i can't belive it.....it was a MUSLIM army not a freaking afari army, it was a Somali muslim army. omg...what the fuck is wrong with you .the imaams army was a very advanced army compared to the ethiopian army, the muslims had canons and guns, meanwhile the ethiopians were armed with spears and shields, and you said Afar tribes men? Afars don't even know how to milk a fucking camel.
@shishisennin He was 100% Somali national, He fought for somalis from 1980 til 1920 until we he died in the hands of British Air strike, when Great Britian first used aeroplane attack in Africa, He was famous and hero for not only somalis but also muslims and he spread Islam (Da'wa) and told
and in that time HARAR was a city were the population were mostly somalis, and some afars and hararis, we the somalis were the ones in charge of the city, we build the wall, we build up the city, you afars did nothing, freaking weaklings.
HE WAS NOT DEPENDING ON AFARS! my clan the fucking darood was the greatest clan in numbers that was fighting for ahmed gurey, and no none somali was fighting in the imams army , he had som turkish advicors but the rest were somali, man, i can't belive you are so desperate to steal away our history!....shit...
the adal kingdom was a Somali kingdom, not a freaking Afar habashi kingdom. ahmed gurey was 100% Somali, we call Ethiopians and eritreans Habashi, i am somali, i grew up in somalia so i know, we don't call afars Adali, we call the somali people from adal adali, no the fucking afars, the afars live many miles to the north, above djibouti wich is also a somali city, you afars are just trying to take away the greatness and the honor of somalia because you don't have any yourselfs!
ahmed gurey was somali...andd harar my friend is somali land and muslim land..and inshallah after somalia becomes free..so will harar and muslim ethiopians...
well it belongs to muslim people who are closely related to somali...Harar was part of adal kingdom..which was a somali kingdom under ahmed gureey who defeated and conquered ethiopia and controlled for years till European powers intervened.
Cushitic people are lousy when it comes to organzation and the somalis are trying to take credit for the acheivement of one Arab which is redicilious. Somalis might have been Tools for the Arabs or Turkish but Somalis or Cushitic in General are just lousy when it comes to the skill or organzation and to wage war, you need organzational skill. The only thing Somalis are good at is, to pinpoint who is Hawiye and who is Darood and Isaaq,
somali people r betta organisers den u habashes..dat only reason u r still alive is cos of da white infidels..dont u knw dat..da EU, USA and stupid africanz tied our hands so u can take a hit at us..like a man whose hands are tied and being hit by a kid...we can crash u easily like we did many times...learn from ur history infidel...Meles might have killed thousands of somali children and raped many women..live 2 see wat we will do to u...
YOU AIDS INFECTED, RAW MEAT EATING, ANIMAL SLAVES (ethiopians) ALL THOSE CLANS THAT YOU'VE MENTION WERE NOT THE ONES WHO PUNISHED YOU, IT WAS THE DIR CLAN, THE CLAN WHICH NEVER ATTACKS SOMALI BROTHERS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO INFIDELS, WE DRAG THEM ON THE STREETS. SO GO AND CLEAN OUR TOILETS FILTHY HABASH UFFF
Gragna Ahmed was a harrari hated Christians for killing his dad, who happened to be a Christian. Somalia is like 47 years old and you can count 16 years out of that 47 years because they torn their own country to pieces!
I know it is hard for some to imagine that a non-Amhara can actually unify Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea by force so they feel compelled to make Imam Ahmed half Amhara. Ethiostruggle we are talking history here and not fairytales. If you want to learn about his heritage watch the other part of the video.
Thanks for sharing. And remember Dr. Lapiso is one Just one Historian. If you like to give us a rounded perspective on this, interview other Historians. We all know that non of them were there, so we expect unshakable evidence.
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Arabic: أحمد بن إبراهيم ال غازي) (c. 1507 – February 21, 1543[1]) ("the Conqueror"[2]) was an Imam and General of Adal who invaded Ethiopia and defeated several Ethiopian emperors, wreaking much damage on that kingdom.[1] With the help of an army mainly composed of Somalis,[3] Imam Ahmad (nicknamed Gurey in Somali and Gragn in Amharic (ግራኝ Graññ), both meaning "the left-handed"),
embarked on a conquest which brought three-quarters of Ethiopia under the power of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal during the Ethiopian-Adal War from 1529-43.....Know your History, He was Dir (Darood Clan) based in Zeila in Somaliand...
The kIngs in Ethiopia that time used to bowl down for him
The truth shall set you free or so they say.And they raised us thinking"gragn" was the bogeyman.I wonder why my Harari friends never told me the true story.
Prof. Lapiso is discussing one of the major wars that was waged by Imam Ahmed, known as Gragn, at Shumbura Kuri. However, Imam Ahmed is not a Somali - according to Prof. Lapiso he is from the people of Harla. Axmed Gurey, who was a somali and a brave fighter, was on of his generals.
Imam Ahmad Gurey is the greatest hero for all Kushitics (Somalis, Oromos, and Afar).
cornholio777 1 year ago
wow thansks to God, this cult(amhed grane) is not Ethiopian.He is somalian or arab cool..
zufaneee 2 years ago
Sure He was The King Of King, Allah Ye Jenet Sew Yibelew amen
ETsolyoung 2 years ago
well, i see here some ppl trespassing the truth and effacing the reality, whereas the truth is for the humanity and history.
Imam Ahmad Ibrahim appeared as a leader in Afar kingdom of Adal. The Adal kingdom was basically estableshed in Afar land, was containg most of Afar triangle and very small part of Harar region with existence of somali people in south of Zaila.
dardarino 3 years ago
The Amhara people who were in fight with Afars for more than 1500 years, they were and still calling Afar people 'Adal' because they are the true children of Adal kingdom and their present sultanates (Awsa, Girrifo, Goobad, Rahayto and Tadjourah) are its real successors, while they call Somali people by their normal name (Somli) and they also call Oromo by their normal name. Even the Somali people call Afars 'Adali'.
dardarino 3 years ago
Imam Ahmad Ibrahim was basically depending on Afars in his wars against the highlands' christians. After he invaded Shoa and Tigrai his army was containing individuals, even leaders of people other than Afars or Somalis.
dardarino 3 years ago
like people of Hadya kingdom, Gurage kingdom, Bale kingdom and also some muslims from Ifat and few people recently converted to Islam from Oromo, Jabarti and some other ethnic groups were living in Harar itself, which was the royal capital of Afar kingdom of Adal. But still Afars were the majority in Imam's army, at least two thirds of his army were Afars and one third was all other Ethiopian muslims together
dardarino 3 years ago
When Imam Ahmad Ibrahim started his expedition on Shembera Kure, he divided his army into three wings, the right wing was Afar tribe of Haralla leading by Imam's cousin Sultan Mohamed, the left wing was Somali tribe leading by Matan, and the heart of the army was the Afar Malassai division and other few Ethiopian muslim warriors leading by Imam himself.
Malassai means the secret we keep" in Afar language.
dardarino 3 years ago
many ppl wrongly think that Imam Ahmad (Gura) or (Gragn) is a Somalian.
First, there is no evidence on that.
Second, back in 50's and 60's of 20th century, some politicians (epecially from the Arab world) tried to describe the conflict between the Abyssinian muslims and christians in the reign of Imam Ahmad 'Gragn', as if it was Somalian-Ethiopian conflict. that was for political purposes, that campaign gave impression if as Imam Ahmad 'Gragn' is a somalian.
dardarino 3 years ago
finally, i say, how somali ppl were fighting christian Amhara and Tigrenia who were forming together a kingdom of the Solomonid dynasty in Ethiopian highlands, while they have no borders with Amhara or Tigre ?
dardarino 3 years ago
every book talking aout Imam Ahmed Ibrahim ( Ahmed Gura) depends on the book of (Futuh Al-Habasha) for the witness Arab historian Shihab Al-din known by the Adal Kingdom ppl and the world as (Arab Fakih) who gave him that title??? the Afars of course, because if it was Somalis it would be (Fakih Arab). in Afar language the adjective comes before noun and in opposit in Somali language.
example: Red Sea , in Afar ( Qasa Bada), in Somali (Bada Cas).
dardarino 3 years ago 2
one more information,
Imam Ahmad Ibrahim married Dele-Wan-Bara (means the close daughter in Afar language) she is a daughter of prince Mahfuz, the prince of Zaila, she was accompanying imam Ahmad Ibrahim during his expeditions.
dardarino 3 years ago
so Imam Ahmed Gura was an Afar.
References:
1- Futuh Al-Habasha, Shihab Al-din (Arab Fakih) or ( Qarab Fakih)
2- Al-manhal fi tarikh wa akhbar al-Afar [al-Danakil]
"The source on History and Narrative of the Afar (Al-Danakil)', by Sheikh Jamaladin Ashami and his son Dr. Hashim Jamaladin Ashami.
3- The Cambridge History of Africa vol.3
4- General History of Africa 4, Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century editor B. A. Ogot, Heinemann. California. UNESCO
dardarino 3 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHHAHA!!! how the fuck can he be a afar if he is from a Somali clan, and came from a Somali city!
shishisennin 2 years ago
he married Bati del Wambara, not fucking Dele-wan-bara.
shishisennin 2 years ago
Àhmed gura? his name is AHMED GUREY in somali and gragn in ethiopian, he is 100% ethnic somali and there is evidence on that. the Ethiopians thod he was a Arab, but the somalis have evidance on that he was a somali, he was from the fucking DIR clan that lives in from Zeila to djibouti , to dire dawa, dire dawa means where the dir putted his spear, man your insane, where did you get all that bull shit from ?
shishisennin 2 years ago
dude, why do you think Somalians and ethiopians hate eachother so much? it's because of THAT WAR!!! we have been enmies for almost 600 years, we HATE eachother, why do you think ethiopian soldiers are dragged true the streets of mogadishu that lies thousands of miles south of zeila? because they hate eachother cuz of that war! so don't try to denie that ahmed was a somali and don't try to say that his troops were freaking Afars.
shishisennin 2 years ago
OMG!!!!! i can't belive it.....it was a MUSLIM army not a freaking afari army, it was a Somali muslim army. omg...what the fuck is wrong with you .the imaams army was a very advanced army compared to the ethiopian army, the muslims had canons and guns, meanwhile the ethiopians were armed with spears and shields, and you said Afar tribes men? Afars don't even know how to milk a fucking camel.
shishisennin 2 years ago
@shishisennin He was 100% Somali national, He fought for somalis from 1980 til 1920 until we he died in the hands of British Air strike, when Great Britian first used aeroplane attack in Africa, He was famous and hero for not only somalis but also muslims and he spread Islam (Da'wa) and told
He had many Names including
Eeny Ture
Ahmed Gurey ( Gurey means left handed)
Ahmed Grang
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
unitedislam1 1 year ago
and in that time HARAR was a city were the population were mostly somalis, and some afars and hararis, we the somalis were the ones in charge of the city, we build the wall, we build up the city, you afars did nothing, freaking weaklings.
shishisennin 2 years ago
HE WAS NOT DEPENDING ON AFARS! my clan the fucking darood was the greatest clan in numbers that was fighting for ahmed gurey, and no none somali was fighting in the imams army , he had som turkish advicors but the rest were somali, man, i can't belive you are so desperate to steal away our history!....shit...
shishisennin 2 years ago
the adal kingdom was a Somali kingdom, not a freaking Afar habashi kingdom. ahmed gurey was 100% Somali, we call Ethiopians and eritreans Habashi, i am somali, i grew up in somalia so i know, we don't call afars Adali, we call the somali people from adal adali, no the fucking afars, the afars live many miles to the north, above djibouti wich is also a somali city, you afars are just trying to take away the greatness and the honor of somalia because you don't have any yourselfs!
shishisennin 2 years ago
Imam Ahmed was Harari. He was the king of Harari kingdom.
shewaber 3 years ago
ahmed gurey was somali...andd harar my friend is somali land and muslim land..and inshallah after somalia becomes free..so will harar and muslim ethiopians...
StraightouttaSomalia 3 years ago
i'd say ethiopian muslim land.
hard2getutubname 3 years ago
well it belongs to muslim people who are closely related to somali...Harar was part of adal kingdom..which was a somali kingdom under ahmed gureey who defeated and conquered ethiopia and controlled for years till European powers intervened.
StraightouttaSomalia 3 years ago
It's not important who's land it is unless it's not islamic!
hard2getutubname 3 years ago
umph!
ghostman3331 4 years ago
ahmed gurey is not an african hero..HES A SOMALI MUSLIM MUJAHID HERO..and der will be alot more like him soon inshallah..UR nightmares infidels..
StraightouttaSomalia 4 years ago
ARE WE NOT AFRICAN? U FOOL
AxmedGurey 3 years ago
ahmed gurey Not somalian, he was son Egyptian and Aderin mother.
U somalians love cirdets.
Somlias are good for nonthing wallahi!
Jamalalsomali 3 years ago
ahmed gurey was not egyptian he was somali..ders no evidence that hes of egyptian background...
StraightouttaSomalia 3 years ago
Do you know what Gurey means?
Ahmed the left handed in Somali.
He was a Somali man, thats a fact!!!!
AskariWaryaa 3 years ago
Cushitic people are lousy when it comes to organzation and the somalis are trying to take credit for the acheivement of one Arab which is redicilious. Somalis might have been Tools for the Arabs or Turkish but Somalis or Cushitic in General are just lousy when it comes to the skill or organzation and to wage war, you need organzational skill. The only thing Somalis are good at is, to pinpoint who is Hawiye and who is Darood and Isaaq,
Harenay 5 years ago
somali people r betta organisers den u habashes..dat only reason u r still alive is cos of da white infidels..dont u knw dat..da EU, USA and stupid africanz tied our hands so u can take a hit at us..like a man whose hands are tied and being hit by a kid...we can crash u easily like we did many times...learn from ur history infidel...Meles might have killed thousands of somali children and raped many women..live 2 see wat we will do to u...
StraightouttaSomalia 4 years ago
Ahmed gurey is in my name and i am somalian, how could he be arab den..?
MoMan3r333 3 years ago
YOU AIDS INFECTED, RAW MEAT EATING, ANIMAL SLAVES (ethiopians) ALL THOSE CLANS THAT YOU'VE MENTION WERE NOT THE ONES WHO PUNISHED YOU, IT WAS THE DIR CLAN, THE CLAN WHICH NEVER ATTACKS SOMALI BROTHERS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO INFIDELS, WE DRAG THEM ON THE STREETS. SO GO AND CLEAN OUR TOILETS FILTHY HABASH UFFF
AxmedGurey 3 years ago
Hey ur Sick wallahi u need to go and check ur self.
peace
ma allah gude u to right path
Jamalalsomali 3 years ago
Gragna Ahmed was a harrari hated Christians for killing his dad, who happened to be a Christian. Somalia is like 47 years old and you can count 16 years out of that 47 years because they torn their own country to pieces!
Ethiostruggle 5 years ago
I know it is hard for some to imagine that a non-Amhara can actually unify Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea by force so they feel compelled to make Imam Ahmed half Amhara. Ethiostruggle we are talking history here and not fairytales. If you want to learn about his heritage watch the other part of the video.
malasay 5 years ago
Thanks for sharing. And remember Dr. Lapiso is one Just one Historian. If you like to give us a rounded perspective on this, interview other Historians. We all know that non of them were there, so we expect unshakable evidence.
sosey73 4 years ago
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Arabic: أحمد بن إبراهيم ال غازي) (c. 1507 – February 21, 1543[1]) ("the Conqueror"[2]) was an Imam and General of Adal who invaded Ethiopia and defeated several Ethiopian emperors, wreaking much damage on that kingdom.[1] With the help of an army mainly composed of Somalis,[3] Imam Ahmad (nicknamed Gurey in Somali and Gragn in Amharic (ግራኝ Graññ), both meaning "the left-handed"),
unitedislam1 1 year ago
embarked on a conquest which brought three-quarters of Ethiopia under the power of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal during the Ethiopian-Adal War from 1529-43.....Know your History, He was Dir (Darood Clan) based in Zeila in Somaliand...
The kIngs in Ethiopia that time used to bowl down for him
unitedislam1 1 year ago
The truth shall set you free or so they say.And they raised us thinking"gragn" was the bogeyman.I wonder why my Harari friends never told me the true story.
Thanx Malasay.
jungles4eva 5 years ago
yes we shall share our history and learn from those wars between us Somalia,Ethiopia,ERitrea. and please if you have SUB TITTLE IN ENGLISH...
oamaer 5 years ago
Malasay, thanx for sharing such a video (history) which i believe we most ethiopians rarely know about. Hope to see more from you.
habdaman 5 years ago
Crap full of nonesense. I think whay is he talking about is written by the Islamic court milita not by historian
mketema1 5 years ago
malasay, is it possible to have sub tittle in English?
Bajuuni 5 years ago
Insha'Allah soon.
malasay 5 years ago
Insha Allah, thanx
Bajuuni 5 years ago
Prof. Lapiso is discussing one of the major wars that was waged by Imam Ahmed, known as Gragn, at Shumbura Kuri. However, Imam Ahmed is not a Somali - according to Prof. Lapiso he is from the people of Harla. Axmed Gurey, who was a somali and a brave fighter, was on of his generals.
malasay 5 years ago
Sorry Malasay you don't have to respond this. I think he is explaining the war of Axmed Gurey and Abbasynia as historian.
Abufanna 5 years ago
Someone help me here. Axmed Gurey was a Somali hero. Any knows this guy and what he is talking about?
Abufanna 5 years ago