Maduna

Maduna
Maduna
—  Town  —
Country  Somalia
Region Sanaag
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

Maduna (Somali: Maduuna) is an ancient town in the northern Sanaag region of Somalia.

History

It is situated 90 km southward of Erigavo.

The city is said to date from the Golden Age of the Adal Sultanate, which was in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Maduna features many old structures, including several hundred drystone buildings and a large retangular mosque whose walls were originally rendered with lime plaster.

Real History of Maduna

Maduna is situated 15km eastward of Elafweyn town. Its history date from the Shuaib period and the town is named in Arabic and Hebrew languages as Madian but in Somalia, we call it Maduna.

This is where prophet Musa Fled to when he escaped from the pharoahs. There is another place near Maduna where supposed that Allah spoke from Musa when he was traveling back to Eghpty with his wife, the daughter of Shuaib named as Dallo and this place is called The Gal-dobcad that means the valley of the bright fire.

This country of Somalia is the mother of the world and the cradle of mankind.

by: Abdikadir Ahmed

References

  • An Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Horn: The British-Somali Expedition, 1975 - Neville Chittick.



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