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“Mogadiscio – Moschea Scek-Sufi”
Sheik Sufi mosque Where is this? Leave your comment Filed under: 1900 - 1918, Religion
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“Mogadiscio – Campo Amnara”
Click on photo to enlarge Campo Amhara, in what was latter called Abdul Caziz District (I think). Centre of town to the right. Leave your comment on where this is Filed under: 1900 - 1918, Govt buildings
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“Mogadishu – Panorama”
Click on photo to enlarge Location unknown, but appears to be looking inland Leave your comment Filed under: 1900 - 1918, Street scenes
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“Mogadiscio – Viale Cerrina”
Click on photo to enlarge Viale Cerrina, later named Via Vittorio Emmanuel, then Via Somalia (I think). Leave your comment below Fakhr al-Din mosque visible in the centre Filed under: 1900 - 1918, Govt...
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“Mogadiscio”
Click on photo to enlarge Photo copied from Vintage Somalia – a website worth visiting, with a large and eclectic collection of photos When was this photo taken? Leave your comment below Boondhere...
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“Mercato di Mogadiscio”
Click on photo to enlarge “Market of Mogadishu” circa 1901 (from an Italian magazine) Possibly the Garessa on the left and Shangani in the middle distance. What do you think? Leave your comment. Filed...
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“Autorita indigene di Mogadiscio”
Click on photo to enlarge “Indigenous authorities of Mogadishu”, circa 1901 (from an Italian magazine). Who are the people shown here and where was the photo taken? Leave your comment below. Filed...
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“Mogadiscio – interno della moschea Giama”
Click on photo to enlarge “Mogadishu – Interior of the Giama mosque”, circa 1901 (from an Italian magazine). Any comments? Filed under: 1900 - 1918, Religion
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“La via principale di Mogadiscio”
Click on photo to enlarge “The main street of Mogadishu”, circa 190 (from an Italian magazine). Where is this scene? Leave your comment below Filed under: 1900 - 1918, Street scenes
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“Mogadiscio – Mercato Amaruin”
Meaning “Xamar Weyne market”. Location of the gold market in the 1980s Filed under: 1950s, Markets
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Map of Mogadishu – City Centre in the1970s?
From page 5 of “Mogadishu: Pearl of the Indian Ocean” (pdf copy here) Undated, could be in the 1970s. Filed under: 1969-1991 Barre period, Maps
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Somali government and other publications from the 1970s
Available via Tobias Hagmann’s website: Mohamed Sheikh Ali Giumale (undated), Mogadishu: Pearl of the Indian Ocean. Mogadishu: Local Government. Somali Democratic Republic (1971), Beautiful Somalia....
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Somali coast, circa 1688
Title: Coast of Zanguebar and Aien Creator: Morden, Robert Place of Publication: England Date: 1688 Published in Modern’s Atlas Terestris. More information:...
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Mogadishu, circa 1935
Possibly from “dall’atlante internazionale del T.C.I” , an atlas covering all of Somalia and possibly Ethiopia and Eritrea, published in Milan in 1935s. If you have any knowledge of the atlas, please...
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Djibouti, 1929
From “Atlas France”, 1929 Click twice on image to enlargeFiled under: 1918 - 1940, Djibouti, Maps
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Pre-colonial port, remains circa1882
From “Voyage Chez Les Benadirs, Les Comalis et les Bayouns, par M.G. Revoil en 1882 et 1883″ Published in Le Tour du Monde. Noveau Journal des Voyages. XLIX, 1255 Liv, page 49 Text on page 50 refers to...
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Fakhr al-Din mosque, circa 1882
From “Voyage Chez Les Benadirs, Les Comalis et les Bayouns, par M.G. Revoil en 1882 et 1883″ Published in Le Tour du Monde. Noveau Journal des Voyages. XLIX, 1255 Liv, page 51 More engravings from the...
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Cabdul Aziz mosque, circa 1880
From “Voyage Chez Les Benadirs, Les Comalis et les Bayouns, par M.G. Revoil en 1882 et 1883″ Published in Le Tour du Monde. Noveau Journal des Voyages. XLIX, 1254 Liv, page 46 Revoil and his colleague...
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Jama mosque, circa 1880
From “Voyage Chez Les Benadirs, Les Comalis et les Bayouns, par M.G. Revoil en 1882 et 1883″ Published in Le Tour du Monde. Noveau Journal des Voyages. XLIX, 1255 Liv, page 61 Location in Xamar Weyne,...
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Gendershe ruins
From the Wikipedia entry on Gondershe , with a photo dated as 2008. But I query the date. The ruins look much more visible here than they did when I visited in site the 1980′s. At that time they were...
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