“Notabili Indigeni”
Dated 1938, but could have been taken earlier, and used as a postcard in 1938
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Hobyo / Obbia
“La casa del Sultano di Obbia“
From “Cesare Maria de Vecchi di Val Cismon. Orizzonti D’Impero. Cinque Anni di Somalia. A Mondadori – Milano”
[ Horizons of Empire: Five Years in Somalia / Cesare Maria De Vecchi di Val Cismon. Milano. 1935]
Cesare Maria De Vecchi was Governor from 1923-1928
“Il sultano Ali Jusuf“
Son of Yusuf Ali Kenadid
“Obbia: la garessa occupata“
“Obbia in attessa del Governatore“
Obbia (Hobyo) location as found via Google Maps
Other photos of Hobyo, elsewhere on the web
Hafun
“La garesa di Hafun”
Other photos of the Hafun area on the internet
Estimated location on Google Maps
Dhikr in Waaberi in 1988/89
Two audio tape recordings taken in 1988/9, in the neighbourhood behind Tre Biano, in Waaberi
Tape 1 Side A HR Mp3 (Rashidiya school)
See also video recordings of dhikr on this website
Of possible interest:
Muslim Brotherhoods in Nineteenth-Century Africa By B. G. Martin
Zaila / Zelya / Zeila / Seylac
“The Town and People of Zaila, Somali Coast, Africa”
Photos and text from The Graphic, May 7, 1887, page 473
Photos of Zeyla on the internet
- Ottoman built Saylac (Zeila) governor house, 1850s. (Probably more likely to be British-era building)
Google Maps view of Zeyla
Front door of the Garesa
Postcard title: “Mogadiscio – Museo della Garesa”
Below: The remains of the Garesa, according to Google Maps. The square building in the centre of the view. The door is on the “bottom” side of the building
Bimal elders on board the Marco Polo, in 1907
Picture title: “Nel Benadir.-I capi indigeni Bimal a bordo della regia nave italiana Marco Polo (fot. invitaci da Mogadiscio)”
Italian Navy visit to Mogadishu in 1907
Picture title: “Nel Benadir. – Rivista degli acari passata in Mogadiscio, in onoro degli ufficiali della regia nave Marco Polo“.
Fro an Italian newspaper dated 1907
Mogadiscio – Palazzo degli Uffici dell’ A.JF.J.S
The Municipality of Mogadishu offices until late 1980’s
Located opposite the Cathedral, and with Croce del Sud Hotel to the right
Ruins visible in the centre of the Google maps image below
