Dhabayaco

Dhabayaco was a native endonym and ethnotoponym to describe the Somali inhabitants of Italian Somaliland to the north of the capital Mogadishu.

Surroundings

Whilst the Somalis north of the capital Mogadishu were called Dhabayaco, those immediate surroundings of the capital were intermittently called Filonardi Company or Benadiri.[1] Those Somalis to the west of the Dhabayaco in the Somali Region under Abyssinian rule were referred to as Huwan, the places along and beyond the Jubaland border was natively called Waamo, those in the uncolonized region in Ciid and Nugaal Valley were called Darawiish whilst those in the northwest of the peninsula under British rule were referred to as Rayid.[2]

References
  1. A History of Italian Colonialism, 1860–1907: , Giuseppe Finaldi · 2016, PAGE 189
  2. Sababihii burburka Soomaaliya - Cabdulqaadir Cusmaan Maxamuud · 1999 , – PAGE 93
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