Attributed to the mutiny of Darondole Hawiye and Geledi Rahanweyn, the Ajuran Empire collapsed. According to clan legends, the Ajuran became scattered everywhere - some joining Somalis, some joining non-Somalis. Following this dispersal, a fragment of the Wallemugge section of Ajuran migrated to the highlands and lowlands of what is now southern Ethiopia and north-eastern Kenya. There they settled among the Garre and Sakuye. The Ajuran lived and grazed in their communities in the vicinity of the Wajir wells purportedly built by the Madanle. After the Oromo migrations of the 16-17th centuries, these three groups came under the Worr Liben/Reer Liban (People of Liben): A loose alliance established by expanded Borana, with the seat centered in its namesake, Liben. Here the Ajuran were ritual Gada officials (Borana: "Jallab)," and cleints (Borana: "tiriso," Somali: sheegat) of the Odítu-Borana tribe. This political-cultural diffusion of the Warr Liben with their original Islamic and Somali culture formed a distinct identity. Particularly in the adoption of Borana pastoral methods and the language while retaining nominal Islam and a camel rearing culture. This varied between subsections, with some being 'more Boranised' (Gelbaris, Gashe) and others 'partly Boranised' (Garen). This is a development that parallels their neighbors, the Garre.