Zeila’s urban order gave way to lawless nomadic clans just beyond its gates
Evidence
Burton soon found that this orderly town life at Zeila did not extend far beyond the gates of the city. The nomadic clans, through whose pastures Burton and his companions passed on their way towards Harar, recognized no political dependence upon Zeila. Indeed raids and skirmishes occurred under the very walls of the city. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 121
Related
- Zeila in 1854 was a small thriving trade town with a dilapidated wall (similarity 0.85)