El-Darad
El-Darad
Ceel Daraad | |
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El-Darad (Somali: Ceel Daraad) was a historic coastal settlement and fort located in the Sahil region of Somaliland.
History
Legendary 15th century Arab explorer
El-Sheikh.[1]
In the 19th century, El-Darad was a seasonal coastal trading settlement with a
cannons after Sharmarke lost control of Berbera in 1852.[4] The town today is inhabited by the Ahmed Farah Sub-division of the Habr Je'lo
Clan family.
See also
- Administrative divisions of Somaliland
- Regions of Somaliland
- Districts of Somaliland
- Somalia–Somaliland border
References
- ISBN 978-1-135-45932-1.
- ^ Drake-Brockman, Ralph Evelyn (1912). British Somaliland. Hurst & Blackett. p. 325.
- ^ Joint-Daguenet, Roger (1992). "Outre-MersRevue d'histoire" (La côte africaine du golfe d'Aden au milieu du XIXe siècle): 94.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Burton. F., Richard (1856). First Footsteps in East Africa. pp. 436–437.
Note: The Author states that the fort was constructed around thirty years prior to when the book was published, which means the fort was probably completed in circa 1826.
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