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
Kandala, on the north coast
Kandala can be seen on Google Maps. Kandala is a very old port, its history is described in Wikipedia
On the next page of Revoil’s account of his journey along the north east coast he provides a map showing the wider location of Qandala, including Bender Kor or Boutiala (Botiala)
On the top of a plateau, to the NW of Bender Khor is a C shape. This may refer to what appear to be ruins of a kind of small fortified structure, which can be seen clearly on Google Maps
On Google Maps the ruin is much closer to where Bender Khor is supposed to be, though there are no signs of the latter on Google Maps
1 comment