2nd World War period – British occupation

Text on back says “Late Fascist Headquarters. Now Troop Headquarters, Mogadishu”

Lat and Long: 2°02’18.9″N 45°20’29.6″E
2.038593, 45.341569

This became the home of the Parliament, post independence. What was its use before then?

Text on back says “Another view of the Mosque, Mogadishu. From further up the beach”

Where is this?

Text on the back says “A well on the outskirts of Mogadishu”

Is this Mosque Sheik Sufi in the background? Your comments below please?

Text on the back says “Mosque on the seashore, Mogadishu”

Where is this? Leave your comments below

Text on the back says “Another view of the high school in the centre of the town, Mogadishu”

Where is this exactly?

“Map of the Somauli Coast Showing the Position of the Tribes…”

“….by Lieutenant C.J. Cruttenden. I.N., with additions from the Surveys of Capt. Owen, R.N. Liets, Barker, Christopher & Carless, I.N”

Published in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, London 1849

The generous description of the Nugal valley on this map reminds me another place described by a friend Axmed I J…many years ago, a place where there were “valleys of milk, valleys of honey and valleys of good pasta” 🙂

Mogadiscio – Pozzo e Moschea