Kaptallah, also known as Kaptanle () is a historic
Somali clan. The clan established the port city of
Bandar Qassim (today Bosaso) in the early 9th century, and traded with
Persia
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,
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and the
Arabian Peninsula
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Geographically, the ...
.
The clan belongs to the
Ahmed Harti confederation of the
Darod
The Darod (, ) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan is Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as Darod. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries, the Somali hinterlands adjacent ...
clan. The clan inhabits the areas south and south-east of Bosaso along with the
Dashishe clan.
See also
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List of trading companies A trading company is a business that works with different kinds of product (business), products sold for consumer, business purposes. In contemporary times, trading companies buy a specialized range of products, broker, shopkeeper them, and coordina ...
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Maritime history of Somalia
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References
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19th century in Somalia
Trading companies
Maritime history of Somalia