Berbera
Berbera (burr-BURR-ah; Somali: Barbara, Arabic: بربرة) is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country. Berbera is a coastal city and was the former capital of the British Somaliland protectorate before Hargeisa.
It was a major port of the Ifat, Adal and Isaaq sultanates from the 13th to 19th centuries.[1][2]
Berbera Media
Al-Idrisi's world map from 'Alî ibn Hasan al-Hûfî al-Qâsimî's 1456 copy. Berbera 'بربرة' can be clearly seen in this later edition of the Tabula Rogeriana
Ibn Majid referring to the Gulf of Aden as the Gulf of Berbera
Selection from a letter to the Governor of Bombay detailing Berbera's 5-6 towers and armed guards
Somalis kept the interior free of foreigners and restricted their access to only Berbera itself
Illustration of Berbera, 1884
Map showing Berbera and her trade routes, with the 'Ayal Achmet' (Reer Ahmed Nuh) located in Berbera and its environs
References
- ↑ "Issue 270". Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ↑ "The Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic" (PDF). University of Pretoria. 1 February 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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