Somali History Month: Good somali figures u might have never heard before

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Well...when compared to your clan uncles u follow blindly...these homies were awesome! see if u can track down their good works.

 

Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti: Somali scholar living in Cairo who recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt.

Sheikh Uways Al-Barawi (1847-1909) – Somali scholar credited with reviving Islam in 19th century East Africa and with followers in Yemen and Indonesia.

Sa'id of Mogadishu – 14th century Somali scholar and traveler. His reputation as a scholar earned him audiences with the Amirs of Mecca and Medina. He travelled across the Muslim world and visited Bengal and China.

Nur ibn Mujahid – 16th century Somali conqueror and Patron saint of Harar.

Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (‎1753-1825) – Somali scholar living in Cairo that recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt.

Shaykh Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla'i (1820-1882) – Somali scholar who played a crucial role in the spread of the Qadiriyyah movement in Somalia and East Africa.

Ahmed Gurey (c. 1507 - February 21, 1543) – 16th century Imam and military leader that led the Conquest of Ethiopia.

Ali al-Jabarti (d.1492) – 16th century Somali scholar and politician in the Mamluk Empire.

Shaykh Muhammad Al-Sumaalee (b. 1910-2005) – Somali scholar and teacher in the Masjid Al-Haram in Mecca. He influenced many of the prominent Islamic scholars of today.

Uthman bin Ali Zayla'i – 14th century Somali theologian and jurist who wrote the single most authoritative text on the Hanafi school of Islam, consisting of four volumes known as the Tabayin al-Haqa’iq li Sharh Kanz al-Daqa’iq.

Abdallah al-Qutbi (1879 - 1952) – Somali polemicist theologian and philosopher.

Hassan al-Jabarti (d.1774) – Somali mathematician, theologian, astronomer and philosopher, considered one of the great scholars of the 18th century.

Shaykh Sufi (1829 - 1904) – 19th century Somali scholar, poet, reformist and astrologist.

Abd al Aziz al-Amawi (1832 - 1896) – 19th century influential Somali diplomat, historian, poet, jurist and scholar living in the Sultanate of Zanzibar.