Below you see will some sketched and non-sketched pictures of 19th century Somalis. The first sketch picture is a traditional Muslim cleric (Sheikh) from what was then the leading Islamic centre of Somalia: Bardera. The second picture is a potrait of a Somali ruler, Sultan Ali Hassan Nur, who oversaw a sultanate in the Luuq (Luq) district of Somalia. The third picture is an Islamic manuscript, perhaps a fiqh manual (Somalis traditionally follow the Shafi’i madhab-school of thought) collected from the days when Bardera was a prominent religious settlement.
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Traditional Sheikh of Bardera |
Somali Sultan of Luq |
Islamic manuscript |
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