The Mountain and the Gate: How the Alids and Makhzumids Split the Horn of Africa
TL;DR:
In the turbulent landscape of the 9th and 10th centuries, the Islamic presence in the Horn of Africa fractured into two distinct and opposing power centers, driven by divergent survival strategies rooted in their ancestral identities. The Makhzumids, descendants of the pragmatic Meccan merchant clan, chose a path of deep indigenization, migrating …
