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{{Short description|Somali clan}} |
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| name = Majeerteen<br>ماجرتين |
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| image = File:Ahmed Taajir, ruler of Bosaso in 1889.jpg |
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| flag = [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|60px]] [[File:Flag of Puntland.svg|60px]] |
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| caption = Ahmed Taajir, ruler of Bosaso in 1889 |
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| region1 = {{flagcountry|Somalia}} |
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| type = [[Darod| Darod Somali clan]] |
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| region2 = {{flagcountry|Yemen}} |
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| ethnicity = {{flagicon|Somalia}}[[Somali people|Somali]] |
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| region3 = {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}} |
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| location = {{flagicon|Somalia}}[[Somalia]]<br>{{flagicon|Ethiopia}}[[Ethiopia]]<br>{{flagicon|Kenya}}[[Kenya]]<br>{{flagicon|Yemen}}[[Yemen]]<br> {{flagicon|Oman}}[[Oman]]<br> |
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| region4 = {{flagcountry|Kenya}} |
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| descended = [[Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti]] |
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| langs = [[Somali language|Somali]] |
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| language = {{flagicon|Somalia}}[[Somali language|Somali]]<br>{{flagicon|Arab League}}[[Arabic]] |
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| rels = [[Islam]] |
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| religion = [[Sunni]] [[Islam]] |
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| related-c = [[Dishiishe]], [[Dhulbahante]], [[Warsangali]], [[Marehan]], [[Ogaden]] and other [[Darod]] groups. |
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| branches = *[[Wabeeneeye]] |
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*Siwaaqroon |
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*Amaanle |
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*Bicidyahan |
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*Ali Saleebaan |
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*[[Ugaar Saleebaan]] |
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*Maxamuud Saleebaan |
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**[[Osman Mohamoud (clan)|Cismaan Maxamuud]] |
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**[[Omar Mohamoud|Cumar Maxamuud]] |
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**Nuux Maxamuud |
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**[[Isse Mohamoud|Ciise Maxamuud]] |
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| parent_tribe = [[Harti]] |
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| image_size = 250px |
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The '''Majeerteen''' ({{ |
The '''Majeerteen,''' ({{langx|so|Majeerteen}}, {{langx|ar|ماجرتين}}; also spelled '''Majerteen''', '''Macherten''', '''Majertain''', or '''Mijurtin''')<ref>{{cite web |author=Central Intelligence Agency |author-link=Central Intelligence Agency |year=2002 |title=Ethnic Groups |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/somalia_ethnic_grps_2002.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530145554/http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/somalia_ethnic_grps_2002.jpg |archive-date=30 May 2010 |access-date=18 May 2010 |work=Somalia Summary Map |publisher=[[Perry–Castañeda Library]]}}</ref> alternately known as '''Mohammed''' '''Harti''',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hunt |first=John Anthony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAhBAQAAIAAJ&dq=mohamme+harti&pg=PA140 |title=A General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950: Final Report on "An Economic Survey and Reconnaissance of the British Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950," Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme D. 484 |date=1951 |publisher=To be purchased from the Chief Secretary |pages=140 |language=en}}</ref> are a prominent Somali sub-clan of the [[Harti]], which falls under the [[Darod]] conglomerate of clans.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C44dAQAAMAAJ |title=Africa |date=1982 |publisher=Africa Journal Limited |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1994-07-01 |title=Caselaw and Decisions |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/13.2-3.198 |journal=Refugee Survey Quarterly |volume=13 |issue=2–3 |pages=198–219 |doi=10.1093/rsq/13.2-3.198 |issn=1020-4067}}</ref> Traditionally, they inhabit extensive territories in the [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]], [[Nugal, Somalia|Nugaal]], and [[Mudug]] regions of Somalia, spanning from [[Bosaso]] to [[Garacad]], mainly in [[Puntland]] state. Additionally, Majeerteen populations are present in southern towns such as [[Kismayo]].<ref name="books.google.co.uk">{{cite book |last=Humphrey |first=James Harry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OneDq8BbtuUC&q=majeerteen+ogade&pg=RA1-PA25 |title=Issues in Contemporary Athletics |date=6 May 2018 |publisher=Nova Publishers |isbn=9781594545955 |access-date=6 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230230/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OneDq8BbtuUC&pg=RA1-PA25&lpg=RA1-PA25&dq=majeerteen+ogade&source=bl&ots=0TVRDrrKzH&sig=jf7uzWwbQfXXH9n8y0yJVYRw2VI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsx7Dn47HYAhVrJ8AKHYnwAjAQ6AEIUDAG#v=onepage&q=majeerteen+ogade&f=false |archive-date=30 December 2017 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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The [[#Majeerteen Sultanates|Majeerteen Sultanates]] played an important role in the pre-independence era of Somalia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecoi.net/local_link/195658/314288_de.html |title=Information on the Majerteen Clan and the Democratic Front for the Salvation of Somalia (DFSS), Somalia [SOM1546] |date=24 July 1989 |access-date=2017-12-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230157/https://www.ecoi.net/local_link/195658/314288_de.html |archive-date=2017-12-30 }}</ref> The Majeerteen also held many other significant government posts in the 1960s and 1970s, and continue to play a key role in Puntland state and Somalia as a whole. |
The [[#Majeerteen Sultanates|Majeerteen Sultanates]] played an important role in the pre-independence era of Somalia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecoi.net/local_link/195658/314288_de.html |title=Information on the Majerteen Clan and the Democratic Front for the Salvation of Somalia (DFSS), Somalia [SOM1546] |date=24 July 1989 |access-date=2017-12-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230157/https://www.ecoi.net/local_link/195658/314288_de.html |archive-date=2017-12-30 }}</ref> The Majeerteen also held many other significant government posts in the 1960s and 1970s, and continue to play a key role in Puntland state and Somalia as a whole. |
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For the treaty between the Majeerteen and colonial powers, see |
For the treaty between the Majeerteen and colonial powers, see "treaties". |
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==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
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The Majeerteen are traditionally settled in Somalia's northern regions of [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]], [[Nugal, Somalia|Nugal]] and [[Mudug]].<ref name="Ras">Royal African Society, ''African Affairs'', Volume 101, (Oxford University Press: 2002) p.101.</ref> They can also be found in [[Kismayo]] in southern Somalia due to migrations starting in the 19th century along with their fellow members of the larger [[Harti]] subclan, the [[Dhulbahante]], [[Dishiishe]] and [[Warsangeli]]. |
The Majeerteen are traditionally settled in Somalia's northern regions of [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]], [[Nugal, Somalia|Nugal]] and [[Mudug]].<ref name="Ras">Royal African Society, ''African Affairs'', Volume 101, (Oxford University Press: 2002) p.101.</ref> They can also be found in [[Kismayo]] in southern Somalia due to migrations starting in the 19th century along with their fellow members of the larger [[Harti]] subclan, the [[Dhulbahante]], [[Dishiishe]] and [[Warsangeli]]. |
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The Majeerteen are traditionally settled in the land in-between [[ |
The Majeerteen are traditionally settled in the land in-between [[Murcanyo]], Bandar Siyad an ancient port town facing the [[Gulf of Aden]], and [[Garacad]] a coastal port town, facing the [[Indian Ocean]] and all the land in between which corresponds to the area encompassing the Horn of Africa.<ref name="fragilestates.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.fragilestates.org/2012/01/10/somalias-complex-clan-dynamics/|title=Somalia's Complex Clan Dynamics|date=10 January 2012|website=fragilestates.org|access-date=6 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231211853/https://www.fragilestates.org/2012/01/10/somalias-complex-clan-dynamics/|archive-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> Therefore, the Majerteen are settled in what is literally considered to be 'the Horn of Africa'. |
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Some Majeerteen people are also found in the [[Somali Region]] in [[Ethiopia]], specifically in the [[Dollo Zone]] near the Somalia border.<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> |
Some Majeerteen people are also found in the [[Somali Region]] in [[Ethiopia]], specifically in the [[Dollo Zone]] near the Somalia border.<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> |
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The Majeerteen are more commonly found in the cities of [[Bosaso]], [[Garowe]] and [[Galkacyo]] which are all regional capitals of [[Bari, Somalia]], [[Nugal, Somalia]] and [[Mudug]] respectively. |
The Majeerteen are more commonly found in the cities of [[Bosaso]], [[Garowe]] and [[Galkacyo]] which are all regional capitals of [[Bari, Somalia]], [[Nugal, Somalia]] and [[Mudug]] respectively. |
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The [[Osman Mahmoud|Osman Mahmud]] (Cismaan Maxamuud), Omar Mahmud (Cumar Maxamuud), and Isse Mahmoud (Ciise Maxamuud) |
The [[Osman Mahmoud|Osman Mahmud]] (Cismaan Maxamuud), Omar Mahmud (Cumar Maxamuud), and Isse Mahmoud (Ciise Maxamuud) comprise the Maxamuud Saleebaan, along with Ali Saleebaan and Ugaar Saleebaan{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} which all forms the major subclan of Saleebaan Maxamed (Majeerteen)<ref name="SciPo">{{Cite web | first=Roland | last=Marchal | title=The Puntland State of Somalia: A Tentative Social Analysis | url=http://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/sites/sciencespo.fr.ceri/files/The_Puntland_State_of_Somalia.pdf | date=May 2010 | publisher=[[Sciences Po]] | access-date=2015-08-15 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100144/http://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/sites/sciencespo.fr.ceri/files/The_Puntland_State_of_Somalia.pdf | archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> which a 2010 study identifies as both the main division of Majeerteen and a central and unifying entity in Puntland. During the 1960s, the [[Osman Mohamoud (clan)|Osman Mahamud]], Ali Saleebaan (or Cali Saleebaan), Wadalmoge and Ciise |
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==Majeerteen Sultanates== |
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Maxamuud formed a powerful business class in [[Kismayo]],<ref name="SciPo" /> while [[Siad Barre]] exploited a rivalry between the Cali Saleebaan and Cumar Maxamuud in an effort to weaken the Majeerteen in general.<ref name="SciPo" /> Historically, the Majeerteen formed part of a coastal trading network around the [[Red Sea]] and the [[Indian Ocean]], along with other subclans.<ref name="SciPo" /> |
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==History== |
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{{main|Majeerteen Sultanate|Sultanate of Hobyo|Somali aristocratic and court titles}} |
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[[File:Sultan Ali Yusuf Kenadid.jpg|thumb|Majeerteen ruler [[Ali Yusuf Kenadid]], 2nd Sultan of the [[Sultanate of Hobyo]].]] |
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Before the famous [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] there was the Sultanate of Amaanle (Abdirahman Awe) which was overthrown and overtaken by [[Osman Mahamuud]] who became the subsequent King and Sultan. The [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] was founded in the early-16th century. It rose to prominence in the 19th century, under the reign of the resourceful [[King]] (''[[Boqor]]'') [[Osman Mahamuud]].<ref name="Metz">[[Helen Chapin Metz]], ed., ''Somalia: a country study'', (The Division: 1993), p.10.</ref> His Sultanate controlled Bari Karkaar, Nugaaal and also central Somalia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The polity maintained a robust trading network, entered into treaties with foreign powers, and exerted strong centralized authority on the domestic front.<ref name="HOA">''Horn of Africa'', Volume 15, Issues 1-4, (Horn of Africa Journal: 1997), p.130.</ref><ref name="WSP">''Transformation towards a regulated economy'', (WSP Transition Programme, Somali Programme: 2000) p.62.</ref> |
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=== Majeerteen Sultanates === |
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Osman Mahamuud's Sultanate was nearly destroyed in the late-1800s by a power struggle between himself and his ambitious cousin, [[Yusuf Ali Kenadid]] who founded the [[Sultanate of Hobyo]] in 1878. Initially he wanted to seize control of the neighbouring Majeerteen Sultanate, ruled by his cousin ''[[Boqor]]'' [[Osman Mahamud]]. However, [[Yusuf Ali Kenadid]] was unsuccessful in his endeavour, and was eventually forced into exile in [[Yemen]]. A decade later, in the 1870s, Yusuf Ali Kenadid returned from the [[Arabian Peninsula]] with a band of [[Hadhramaut|Hadhrami]] [[musketeer]]s and a group of devoted lieutenants. With their assistance, he managed to overpower the local [[Hawiye]] clans and establish the Kingdom of Hobyo in 1878.<ref name="Metz"/><ref name="Cassanelli">Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900'', (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.75.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lea |first1=David |last2=Rowe |first2=Annamarie |date=2001 |title=A Political Chronology of Africa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ROR1xreEJTsC&q=hobyo |publisher=Europa Publications |page=378 |isbn=1857431162}}</ref> |
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[[File:Kingosmanbargaalcast.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of a [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] castle in [[Bargal]]]] |
[[File:Kingosmanbargaalcast.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of a [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] castle in [[Bargal]]]] |
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Before the famous [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] there was the Sultanate of Amaanle (Abdirahman Awe) which was overthrown and overtaken by [[Osman Mahamuud]] who became the subsequent King and Sultan. The [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] was founded in the early-16th century and came to prominence in the 19th century, under the reign of the resourceful [[King]] (''[[Boqor]]'') [[Osman Mahamuud]].<ref name="Metz">[[Helen Chapin Metz]], ed., ''Somalia: a country study'', (The Division: 1993), p.10.</ref> His Sultanate controlled Bari Karkaar, [[Nugaal Valley|Nugaal]] and also central Somalia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The polity maintained a robust trading network, entered into treaties with foreign powers, and exerted strong centralized authority on the domestic front.<ref name="HOA">''Horn of Africa'', Volume 15, Issues 1-4, (Horn of Africa Journal: 1997), p.130.</ref><ref name="WSP">''Transformation towards a regulated economy'', (WSP Transition Programme, Somali Programme: 2000) p.62.</ref> |
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Osman Mahamuud's Sultanate was nearly destroyed in the late-1800s by a power struggle between himself and his ambitious cousin, [[Yusuf Ali Kenadid]] who founded the [[Sultanate of Hobyo]] in 1878. Initially he wanted to seize control of the neighbouring Majeerteen Sultanate, ruled by his cousin ''[[Boqor]]'' [[Osman Mahamud]]. However, [[Yusuf Ali Kenadid]] was unsuccessful in his endeavour, and was eventually forced into exile in [[Yemen]]. A decade later, in the 1870s, Yusuf Ali Kenadid returned from the [[Arabian Peninsula]] with a band of [[Hadhramaut|Hadhrami]] [[musketeer]]s and a group of devoted lieutenants. With their assistance, he managed to overpower the local [[Hawiye]] clans and establish the Kingdom of Hobyo in 1878.<ref name="Metz" /><ref name="Cassanelli">Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900'', (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.75.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lea |first1=David |last2=Rowe |first2=Annamarie |date=2001 |title=A Political Chronology of Africa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ROR1xreEJTsC&q=hobyo |publisher=Europa Publications |page=378 |isbn=1857431162}}</ref> |
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[[File:Sultan Ali Yusuf Kenadid.jpg|thumb|Majeerteen ruler [[Ali Yusuf Kenadid]], 2nd Sultan of the [[Sultanate of Hobyo]].]] |
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As with the Majeerteen Sultanate, the Sultanate of Hobyo exerted a strong centralized authority during its existence, and possessed all of the organs and trappings of an integrated modern state: a functioning bureaucracy, a hereditary nobility, titled aristocrats, a state flag, as well as a professional army.<ref name="HOA"/><ref name="NEAS">Michigan State University. African Studies Center, Northeast African studies, Volumes 11-12, (Michigan State University Press: 1989), p.32.</ref> Both sultanates also maintained written records of their activities, which still exist.<ref name="Ssarif">{{cite book|title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Issues 57-67|year=1986|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8FlEAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> |
As with the Majeerteen Sultanate, the Sultanate of Hobyo exerted a strong centralized authority during its existence, and possessed all of the organs and trappings of an integrated modern state: a functioning bureaucracy, a hereditary nobility, titled aristocrats, a state flag, as well as a professional army.<ref name="HOA"/><ref name="NEAS">Michigan State University. African Studies Center, Northeast African studies, Volumes 11-12, (Michigan State University Press: 1989), p.32.</ref> Both sultanates also maintained written records of their activities, which still exist.<ref name="Ssarif">{{cite book|title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Issues 57-67|year=1986|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8FlEAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> |
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=== Colonial Era === |
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In the late 19th century, all extant northern Somali monarchs entered into treaties with one of the colonial powers, Abyssinia, Britain or Italy, except for the Dhulbahante.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jardine |first1=Douglas |date=1923 |title= Mad Mullah of Somaliland |quote=Early in 1885 Great Britain concluded separate protective treaties with all the Somali tribes now living under her protection, except the Warsangeli, who concluded a treaty in 1886, and the Dolbahanta, with whom no treaty has been made.}}</ref> Likewise, in late 1889, Boqor Osman entered into a treaty with the [[Italian Somaliland|Italians]], making his realm an Italian [[protectorate]]. His rival Sultan Kenadid had signed a similar agreement vis-a-vis his own Sultanate the year before. Both rulers had signed the protectorate treaties to advance their own expansionist objectives, with Boqor Osman looking to use Italy's support in his ongoing power struggle with Kenadid over the Majeerteen Sultanate. Boqor Osman and Sultan Kenadid also hoped to exploit the conflicting interests among the European imperial powers that were then looking to control the Somali peninsula, so as to avoid direct occupation of their territories by force.<ref name="Majsult">The Majeerteen Sultanates</ref> |
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In the late 19th century, all extant northern Somali monarchs entered into treaties with one of the colonial powers, Abyssinia, Britain or Italy, except for the Dhulbahante.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jardine |first1=Douglas |date=1923 |title= Mad Mullah of Somaliland |quote=Early in 1885 Great Britain concluded separate protective treaties with all the Somali tribes now living under her protection, except the Warsangeli, who concluded a treaty in 1886, and the Dolbahanta, with whom no treaty has been made.}}</ref> Likewise, in late 1889, [[Osman Mohamoud (king)|Boqor Osman]] entered into a treaty with the [[Italian Somaliland|Italians]], making his realm an Italian [[protectorate]]. His rival Sultan Kenadid had signed a similar agreement vis-a-vis his own Sultanate the year before. Both rulers had signed the protectorate treaties to advance their own expansionist objectives, with Boqor Osman looking to use Italy's support in his ongoing power struggle with Kenadid over the Majeerteen Sultanate. Boqor Osman and Sultan Kenadid also hoped to exploit the conflicting interests among the European imperial powers that were then looking to control the Somali peninsula, so as to avoid direct occupation of their territories by force.<ref name="Majsult">The Majeerteen Sultanates{{full citation needed|date=December 2023}}</ref> |
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The relationship between the [[Sultanate of Hobyo]] and Italy soured when Sultan Kenadid refused the Italians' proposal to allow a [[British Somaliland|British]] contingent of troops to disembark in his Sultanate so that they might then pursue their battle against [[Mohammed Abdullah Hassan]]'s [[Dervish state|Dervish forces]].<ref name="Majsult"/> Viewed as too much of a threat by the Italians, Sultan Kenadid was eventually exiled to [[Aden]] in Yemen and then to [[Eritrea]], as was his son [[Ali Yusuf Kenadid|Ali Yusuf]], the heir apparent to his throne.<ref name="Sheik-ʻAbdi129">{{ |
The relationship between the [[Sultanate of Hobyo]] and Italy soured when Sultan Kenadid refused the Italians' proposal to allow a [[British Somaliland|British]] contingent of troops to disembark in his Sultanate so that they might then pursue their battle against [[Mohammed Abdullah Hassan]]'s [[Dervish state|Dervish forces]].<ref name="Majsult"/> Viewed as too much of a threat by the Italians, Sultan Kenadid was eventually exiled to [[Aden]] in Yemen and then to [[Eritrea]], as was his son [[Ali Yusuf Kenadid|Ali Yusuf]], the heir apparent to his throne.<ref name="Sheik-ʻAbdi129">{{cite book |last=Sheik-ʻAbdi |first=ʻAbdi ʻAbdulqadir |title=Divine madness: Moḥammed ʻAbdulle Ḥassan (1856-1920) |publisher=Zed Books |year=1993 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EOhyAAAAMAAJ |isbn=0-86232-444-0 |page=129}}</ref> |
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[[Osman Yusuf Kenadid]], the son of the first Sultan [[Yusuf Ali Kenadid]], was a famous poet and scholar. [[Osman Yusuf Kenadid]] was the inventor of the first phonetically standard script for the Somali language in the 1920s, the [[Osmanya]] Script.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://puntite.com/2017/08/yasin-osman-kenadid/|title=Yasin Osman Kenadid • Puntite|date=1 August 2017|website=puntite.com|access-date=6 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051532/https://puntite.com/2017/08/yasin-osman-kenadid/|archive-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> |
[[Osman Yusuf Kenadid]], the son of the first Sultan [[Yusuf Ali Kenadid]], was a famous poet and scholar. [[Osman Yusuf Kenadid]] was the inventor of the first phonetically standard script for the Somali language in the 1920s, the [[Osmanya]] Script.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://puntite.com/2017/08/yasin-osman-kenadid/|title=Yasin Osman Kenadid • Puntite|date=1 August 2017|website=puntite.com|access-date=6 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051532/https://puntite.com/2017/08/yasin-osman-kenadid/|archive-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> |
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Following a two year resistance by [[Osman Mohamoud (king)|Boqor Osman]] and Majeerteen rebels, Italian Somaliland came under the full authority of Rome by late 1927. Long-lasting Italian [[Naval gunfire support|costal bombardments]] on urban settlements and [[Blockade|naval blockades]] were utilized by colonial forces to suppress the rebels.{{Sfn|Carpanelli|Scovazzi|2020|p=16}} |
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==Lineage== |
==Lineage== |
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There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. The following listing is taken from the [[World Bank]]'s ''Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics'' from 2005 and the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Home Office]] publication, ''Somalia Assessment 2001''.<ref name="worldbank55">Worldbank, ''[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOMALIA/Resources/conflictinsomalia.pdf Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616164535/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOMALIA/Resources/conflictinsomalia.pdf |date=2018-06-16 }}'', January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.55 Figure A-1</ref><ref name="ind01b_somalia_ca">[http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/somalia/ind01b_somalia_ca.pdf Country Information and Policy Unit, Home Office, Great Britain, Somalia Assessment 2001, Annex B: Somali Clan Structure] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081350/http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/somalia/ind01b_somalia_ca.pdf |date=2011-07-16 }}, p. 43</ref> |
There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. The following listing is taken from the [[World Bank]]'s ''Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics'' from 2005 and the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Home Office]] publication, ''Somalia Assessment 2001''.<ref name="worldbank55">Worldbank, ''[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOMALIA/Resources/conflictinsomalia.pdf Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616164535/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOMALIA/Resources/conflictinsomalia.pdf |date=2018-06-16 }}'', January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.55 Figure A-1</ref><ref name="ind01b_somalia_ca">[http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/somalia/ind01b_somalia_ca.pdf Country Information and Policy Unit, Home Office, Great Britain, Somalia Assessment 2001, Annex B: Somali Clan Structure] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081350/http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/somalia/ind01b_somalia_ca.pdf |date=2011-07-16 }}, p. 43</ref> |
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* Shiekh |
* Shiekh Darod (Daarood bin Ismaciil) |
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** Marehan |
** Marehan |
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*** Red Dini |
*** Red Dini |
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*** Reer Hassan |
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*** Cali Dheere |
*** Cali Dheere |
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** Kabalah |
** Kabalah |
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**** Ogaden |
**** Ogaden |
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***** Makabul |
***** Makabul |
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*****Tolomoge |
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***** Mohamed Zubeir |
***** Mohamed Zubeir |
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***** Aulihan |
***** Aulihan |
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*****Bah-geri |
*****Bah-geri |
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**** Jidwaaq |
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***** Abaskuul |
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***** Bartire |
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**** [[Dhulbahante]] (Dolbahante) |
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***** Yabaree |
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*****Idigfale (Muuse Noleys) |
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==Groups== |
==Groups== |
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*[[Taargooye]], an exclusively Majeerteen Darawiish administrative division and disbanded in 1910 when its constituents became mutinous<ref name="samatar">{{cite book |last1=Samatar |first1=Said |title=Oral Poetry and Somali Nationalism |url=https://archive.org/details/oralpoetrysomali00sama |url-access=limited |date=1982 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oralpoetrysomali00sama/page/n227 214] |isbn=9780511735370 |quote='Abdalla Qoriyow, the prestigious Islamic magistrate of the Dervish capital, who took part in the conspiracy. 108 Ahmad Fiqi, also a conspirator, was the Dervish expert on Qur'anic exegesis. 109 Reference to the Sayyid's brother-in-law, Faarah Mahamuud Sugulle, whose involvement in the conspiracy was particularly bad news for the Sayyid ... After a week of intense fighting, the Sayyid emerged victorious, but not before several Dervish clans, like the Reer Samatar Khalaf Majeerteen, were decimated}}</ref> |
*[[Taargooye]], an exclusively Majeerteen Darawiish administrative division and disbanded in 1910 when its constituents became mutinous<ref name="samatar">{{cite book |last1=Samatar |first1=Said |title=Oral Poetry and Somali Nationalism |url=https://archive.org/details/oralpoetrysomali00sama |url-access=limited |date=1982 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oralpoetrysomali00sama/page/n227 214] |isbn=9780511735370 |quote='Abdalla Qoriyow, the prestigious Islamic magistrate of the Dervish capital, who took part in the conspiracy. 108 Ahmad Fiqi, also a conspirator, was the Dervish expert on Qur'anic exegesis. 109 Reference to the Sayyid's brother-in-law, Faarah Mahamuud Sugulle, whose involvement in the conspiracy was particularly bad news for the Sayyid ... After a week of intense fighting, the Sayyid emerged victorious, but not before several Dervish clans, like the Reer Samatar Khalaf Majeerteen, were decimated}}</ref> |
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*[[Somali Salvation Democratic Front |
*The ''[[Somali Salvation Democratic Front]]'' (SSDF) was a predominantly Majeerteen political group from the 1980s to 1990s |
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==Notable |
== Notable people == |
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===Presidents & primistersministers=== |
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=== Actors === |
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*mohamed musse hirse boqor ( cade muse) President of puntland |
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* [[Abdirashid Shermarke]], first Prime Minister of Somalia, second President of Somalia (10 June 1967 until 16 October 1969) |
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* [[Barkhad Abdi]], actor known for his role as [[Abduwali Muse]] in the film [[Captain Phillips (film)|''Captain Phillips'']] |
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* [[Abdirizak Haji Hussein]], former Prime Minister of Somalia (1964–1967), and former Secretary General of the Somali Youth League. |
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* [[Abdiweli Mohamed Ali]], former [[List of Prime Ministers of Somalia|Prime Minister]] of Somalia, and former President of Puntland. |
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* [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]], former [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]], President of [[Puntland]] and leader/co-founder of the [[Somali Salvation Democratic Front]]. |
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* [[Omar Sharmarke]], former Prime Minister of Somalia, and son of Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke |
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*[[Said Abdullahi Dani]], former Minister of Planning of Somalia, current President of Puntland. |
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===Royalty=== |
===Royalty=== |
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* [[ |
* [[Ali Yusuf Kenadid]], last sultan of the [[Sultanate of Hobyo]] |
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* [[ |
* [[Osman Mahamuud]], king of the [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] |
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* [[Osman Mahamuud]], King of the [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] (mid-1800s-early 1900s) |
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* [[Yusuf Ali Kenadid]], founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo |
* [[Yusuf Ali Kenadid]], founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo |
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===Military=== |
===Military=== |
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* [[Abdullahi Ahmed Irro]], Somali |
* [[Abdullahi Ahmed Irro]], Somali general, founded the National Academy for Strategy |
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* [[Jama Ali Jama]], colonel in the [[Somali Armed Forces|Somali military]] and former [[List of presidents of Puntland|president of Puntland]] |
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* Siciid Jigrati, mentioned in the [[Geoffrey Archer's 1916 important members of Darawiish haroun list]] |
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* [[Mohamed Abshir Muse]], first commander of the [[Somali Police Force]] |
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* Abshir Dhoorre, mentioned in the [[Geoffrey Archer's 1916 important members of Darawiish haroun list]] |
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* [[Mohamed Osman Irro]], Colonel in the [[Somali National Army]] |
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* Xirsi Bile, mentioned in the [[Geoffrey Archer's 1916 important members of Darawiish haroun list]] |
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* [[Jama Ali Jama]], Colonel in the Somali military and former President of Puntland |
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* [[Mohamed Abshir Muse]] first commander of the Somali Police Force |
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===Enterprisers=== |
===Enterprisers=== |
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* [[Ali A. Abdi]], sociologist, professor of education and international development at the [[University of British Columbia]]. |
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* [[Abdulqawi Yusuf]], lawyer and judge at the International Court of Justice. |
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* [[Ali A. Abdi]], sociologist and educationist, professor of education and international development, the [[University of British Columbia]]. |
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* [[Ali Haji Warsame]], entrepreneur, former Chief Executive Officer of Golis Telecom Somalia |
* [[Ali Haji Warsame]], entrepreneur, former Chief Executive Officer of Golis Telecom Somalia |
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* [[Iman (model)|Iman |
* [[Iman (model)|Iman]], Somali American elite [[Model (person)|fashion model]], actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is the widow of English rock musician [[David Bowie]]. |
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* [[Maxamed Daahir Afrax]], novelist, playwright, journalist and scholar |
* [[Maxamed Daahir Afrax|Maxamed Daahir Afrah]], novelist, playwright, journalist and [[scholar]] |
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* [[Mohammed Awale Liban]], designed the [[flag of Somalia]] |
* [[Mohammed Awale Liban]], designed the [[flag of Somalia]] |
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* [[Omar A. Ali]], entrepreneur, accountant, financial consultant, philanthropist, and leading specialist on Islamic finance. |
* [[Omar A. Ali]], entrepreneur, accountant, financial consultant, philanthropist, and leading specialist on Islamic finance. |
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* [[Shire Haji Farah]], entrepreneur, and Executive Committee Member of the Somali Business Council |
* [[Shire Haji Farah]], entrepreneur, and Executive Committee Member of the Somali Business Council |
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* [[Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid]], traditional Somali linguist |
* [[Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid|Yaasiin Cismaan Kenadid]], traditional Somali linguist |
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* [[Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke]], leader and co-founder of the [[Somali Youth League]] |
* [[Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke]], leader and co-founder of the [[Somali Youth League]] |
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* [[Osman Yusuf Kenadid]], inventor of the [[Osmanya alphabet|Osmanya]] writing script |
* [[Osman Yusuf Kenadid]], inventor of the [[Osmanya alphabet|Osmanya]] writing script |
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===Politicians=== |
===Politicians=== |
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* [[Ali Abdi Aware]], former Puntland State Minister of the Presidency for International relations and Social Affairs. |
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* [[Asha Gelle Dirie]], former Minister of Women Development and Family Affairs of Puntland; founder and Executive Director of TAG Foundation |
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* [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]], the first Somali-born member of parliament of a European country, author and political activist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/node/175|title=Controversial Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Muslim turned atheist, to resign from Dutch Parliament - Asian Tribune|website=www.asiantribune.com|access-date=6 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707174839/http://www.asiantribune.com/node/175|archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Farah Ali Jama]], former Minister of Finance of Puntland |
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* [[Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf]], first President of [[Parliament of Somalia|Somali National Assembly]]; Minister of Health and Labor of Somalia (1966–67) |
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* [[Hassan Abshir Farah]], former [[Mogadishu]] mayor, Somalia ambassador to Japan and later to Germany, interior minister of Puntland |
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* [[Hassan Ali Mire]], first Minister of Education of the [[Somali Democratic Republic]]; former Chairman of the [[Somali Salvation Democratic Front]] (SSDF). |
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* [[Hirsi Magan Isse]], scholar and revolutionary leader with the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF). |
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* [[Ilhan Omar]], a Somali-American [[politician]], currently a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Minnesota's 5th congressional district]] since 2019. She is the first Somali member of Congress and the second female Muslim to be elected. |
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* [[Mire Hagi Farah Mohamed]], Somali Finance Minister 2004–2006, and former mayor of [[Kismayo]] |
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* [[Mohamed Abdi Aware]], Puntland judge and member of Supreme Judicial Council. |
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* [[Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan]], son-in-law of [[Siad Barre]] and minister of defense of Somalia |
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* [[Mohamud Muse Hersi]], third [[List of Presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]] |
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* [[Saida Haji Bashir Ismail]], former Somali Finance Vice-Minister in the TNG (2000-2004) |
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* [[Abdirashid Shermarke]], first [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]], second [[president of Somalia]] (1967–1969) |
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* [[Sultanate of Hobyo#Omar Samatar's Rebellion|Omar Samatar]], Fought against Italian occupation of Hobyo, after the surrender of the Sultan of Hobyo. |
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* [[ |
* [[Abdirizak Haji Hussein]], former prime minister of Somalia (1964–1967), and former secretary general of the Somali Youth League |
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* [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]], former president of Somalia, [[List of presidents of Puntland|president of Puntland]] and co-founder of the [[Somali Salvation Democratic Front]] |
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* [[Abdirahman Farole]], former [[List of presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]] and senator of [[Federal Government of Somalia]] |
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* [[Abdi Farah|Abdi Farah Said]], former [[Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia)|Somali minister of interior]], current minister of interior of Puntland |
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* [[Abshir Omar Huruse]], current [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somalia)|Somali minister of foreign affairs]] |
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* [[Abdisaid Muse Ali]], former Somali minister of foreign affairs |
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* [[Abdulqawi Yusuf]], lawyer and judge at the [[International Court of Justice]] |
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* [[Abdirahman Farole|Abdirahman Mohamed Farole]], former president of Puntland |
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* [[Abdiweli Mohamed Ali]], former prime minister of Somalia, and former president of Puntland |
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* [[Ahmed Isse Awad]], former [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somalia)|Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs]] |
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* [[Ali Abdi Aware]], former Puntland state minister |
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* [[Asha Gelle Dirie]], former minister of Puntland; founder and executive director of TAG Foundation |
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* [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]], Dutch politician, the first Somali-born member of parliament of a European country, [[author]] and [[Political movement|political activist]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/node/175|title=Controversial Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Muslim turned atheist, to resign from Dutch Parliament - Asian Tribune|website=www.asiantribune.com|access-date=6 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707174839/http://www.asiantribune.com/node/175|archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Farah Ali Jama]], former minister of finance of Puntland |
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* [[Haji Bashir|Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf]], first president of the [[Parliament of Somalia|Somali National Assembly]]; former minister of health and labor of Somalia |
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* [[Hassan Abshir Farah]], former [[Mogadishu]] mayor, Somali ambassador to Japan and later Germany, interior minister of Puntland |
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* [[Hassan Ali Mire]], first minister of education of the [[Somali Democratic Republic]]; former chairman of the [[Somali Salvation Democratic Front]]. |
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* [[Hirsi Magan Isse]], scholar and revolutionary leader with the Somali Salvation Democratic Front. |
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* [[Ilhan Omar]], [[Somali Americans|Somali American]] politician, member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Minnesota's 5th congressional district]] since 2019 |
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* [[Mire Hagi Farah Mohamed]], former [[Ministry of Finance (Somalia)|Somali minister of finance]], and former mayor of [[Kismayo]] |
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* [[Mohamed Abdi Aware]], Puntland judge and member of the Supreme Judicial Council of Puntland. |
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* [[Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan]], son-in-law of [[Siad Barre]] and [[Ministry of Defence (Somalia)|minister of defense of Somalia]] |
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* [[Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud]], former Somali minister of foreign affairs |
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* [[Mohamud Muse Hersi]], third president of Puntland |
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* [[Said Abdullahi Dani]], former [[Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (Somalia)|minister of planning of Somalia]], current president of Puntland |
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* [[Saida Haji Bashir Ismail]], former Somali finance vice-minister in the [[Transitional National Government of Somalia|Transitional National Government]] (2000–2004) |
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* [[Sultanate of Hobyo#Omar Samatar's Rebellion|Omar Samatar]], fought against Italian occupation of [[Hobyo]] after the surrender of the Sultan of Hobyo |
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* [[Omar Sharmarke]], former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]] and son of [[Abdirashid Shermarke|Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke]] |
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* [[Yusuf Mohamed Ismail]], former ambassador of [[Somalia]] to the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|United Nations Human Rights Office]] in [[Geneva]] |
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* [[Yusuf Osman Samatar]], politician |
* [[Yusuf Osman Samatar]], politician |
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*Surer Abshir Muse, sister of Mohamed Abshir Muse and deputy ambassador to London. Was also in charge of the youth wing of [[Somali Salvation Democratic Front|SSDF]]<ref>{{Citation|title=PREVIEW: Former Somali Ambassador & Co-Founder of SSDF rebel group: Sureer Abshir Muuse|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2uG8M0jW2c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/n2uG8M0jW2c| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-07-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* [[Osman Mahmoud]] |
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* [[Omar Mahamoud]] |
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* [[Isse Mohamoud]] |
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* [[Ugaar Saleebaan]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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== Bibliography == |
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* {{Cite book |last1=Carpanelli |first1=Elena |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/1150848404 |title=Political and legal aspects of Italian colonialism in Somalia |last2=Scovazzi |first2=Tullio |publisher=G. Giappichelli editore |year=2020 |isbn=978-88-921-8346-9 |oclc=1150848404}} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120206024446/http://www.mudugonline.com/MajertainSaltanates/Sultanate.htm The Majeerteen Sultanates] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120206024446/http://www.mudugonline.com/MajertainSaltanates/Sultanate.htm The Majeerteen Sultanates] |
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Majeerteen ماجرتين | |
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Darod Somali clan | |
Ethnicity | Somali |
Location | Somalia Ethiopia Kenya Yemen Oman |
Descended from | Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti |
Parent tribe | Harti |
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Language | Somali Arabic |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
The Majeerteen, (Somali: Majeerteen, Arabic: ماجرتين; also spelled Majerteen, Macherten, Majertain, or Mijurtin)[1] alternately known as Mohammed Harti,[2] are a prominent Somali sub-clan of the Harti, which falls under the Darod conglomerate of clans.[3][4] Traditionally, they inhabit extensive territories in the Bari, Nugaal, and Mudug regions of Somalia, spanning from Bosaso to Garacad, mainly in Puntland state. Additionally, Majeerteen populations are present in southern towns such as Kismayo.[5]
Overview
The Majeerteen Sultanates played an important role in the pre-independence era of Somalia.[6] The Majeerteen also held many other significant government posts in the 1960s and 1970s, and continue to play a key role in Puntland state and Somalia as a whole.
For the treaty between the Majeerteen and colonial powers, see "treaties".
Distribution
The Majeerteen are traditionally settled in Somalia's northern regions of Bari, Nugal and Mudug.[7] They can also be found in Kismayo in southern Somalia due to migrations starting in the 19th century along with their fellow members of the larger Harti subclan, the Dhulbahante, Dishiishe and Warsangeli.
The Majeerteen are traditionally settled in the land in-between Murcanyo, Bandar Siyad an ancient port town facing the Gulf of Aden, and Garacad a coastal port town, facing the Indian Ocean and all the land in between which corresponds to the area encompassing the Horn of Africa.[8] Therefore, the Majerteen are settled in what is literally considered to be 'the Horn of Africa'.
Some Majeerteen people are also found in the Somali Region in Ethiopia, specifically in the Dollo Zone near the Somalia border.[5]
The Majeerteen are part of Darod subclans within Somalia.[8]
The Majeerteen are more commonly found in the cities of Bosaso, Garowe and Galkacyo which are all regional capitals of Bari, Somalia, Nugal, Somalia and Mudug respectively.
The Osman Mahmud (Cismaan Maxamuud), Omar Mahmud (Cumar Maxamuud), and Isse Mahmoud (Ciise Maxamuud) comprise the Maxamuud Saleebaan, along with Ali Saleebaan and Ugaar Saleebaan[citation needed] which all forms the major subclan of Saleebaan Maxamed (Majeerteen)[9] which a 2010 study identifies as both the main division of Majeerteen and a central and unifying entity in Puntland. During the 1960s, the Osman Mahamud, Ali Saleebaan (or Cali Saleebaan), Wadalmoge and Ciise
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Maxamuud formed a powerful business class in Kismayo,[9] while Siad Barre exploited a rivalry between the Cali Saleebaan and Cumar Maxamuud in an effort to weaken the Majeerteen in general.[9] Historically, the Majeerteen formed part of a coastal trading network around the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, along with other subclans.[9]
History
Majeerteen Sultanates
Before the famous Majeerteen Sultanate there was the Sultanate of Amaanle (Abdirahman Awe) which was overthrown and overtaken by Osman Mahamuud who became the subsequent King and Sultan. The Majeerteen Sultanate was founded in the early-16th century and came to prominence in the 19th century, under the reign of the resourceful King (Boqor) Osman Mahamuud.[10] His Sultanate controlled Bari Karkaar, Nugaal and also central Somalia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The polity maintained a robust trading network, entered into treaties with foreign powers, and exerted strong centralized authority on the domestic front.[11][12]
Osman Mahamuud's Sultanate was nearly destroyed in the late-1800s by a power struggle between himself and his ambitious cousin, Yusuf Ali Kenadid who founded the Sultanate of Hobyo in 1878. Initially he wanted to seize control of the neighbouring Majeerteen Sultanate, ruled by his cousin Boqor Osman Mahamud. However, Yusuf Ali Kenadid was unsuccessful in his endeavour, and was eventually forced into exile in Yemen. A decade later, in the 1870s, Yusuf Ali Kenadid returned from the Arabian Peninsula with a band of Hadhrami musketeers and a group of devoted lieutenants. With their assistance, he managed to overpower the local Hawiye clans and establish the Kingdom of Hobyo in 1878.[10][13][14]
As with the Majeerteen Sultanate, the Sultanate of Hobyo exerted a strong centralized authority during its existence, and possessed all of the organs and trappings of an integrated modern state: a functioning bureaucracy, a hereditary nobility, titled aristocrats, a state flag, as well as a professional army.[11][15] Both sultanates also maintained written records of their activities, which still exist.[16]
Colonial Era
In the late 19th century, all extant northern Somali monarchs entered into treaties with one of the colonial powers, Abyssinia, Britain or Italy, except for the Dhulbahante.[17] Likewise, in late 1889, Boqor Osman entered into a treaty with the Italians, making his realm an Italian protectorate. His rival Sultan Kenadid had signed a similar agreement vis-a-vis his own Sultanate the year before. Both rulers had signed the protectorate treaties to advance their own expansionist objectives, with Boqor Osman looking to use Italy's support in his ongoing power struggle with Kenadid over the Majeerteen Sultanate. Boqor Osman and Sultan Kenadid also hoped to exploit the conflicting interests among the European imperial powers that were then looking to control the Somali peninsula, so as to avoid direct occupation of their territories by force.[18]
The relationship between the Sultanate of Hobyo and Italy soured when Sultan Kenadid refused the Italians' proposal to allow a British contingent of troops to disembark in his Sultanate so that they might then pursue their battle against Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's Dervish forces.[18] Viewed as too much of a threat by the Italians, Sultan Kenadid was eventually exiled to Aden in Yemen and then to Eritrea, as was his son Ali Yusuf, the heir apparent to his throne.[19]
Osman Yusuf Kenadid, the son of the first Sultan Yusuf Ali Kenadid, was a famous poet and scholar. Osman Yusuf Kenadid was the inventor of the first phonetically standard script for the Somali language in the 1920s, the Osmanya Script.[20]
Following a two year resistance by Boqor Osman and Majeerteen rebels, Italian Somaliland came under the full authority of Rome by late 1927. Long-lasting Italian costal bombardments on urban settlements and naval blockades were utilized by colonial forces to suppress the rebels.[21]
Lineage
There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. The following listing is taken from the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics from 2005 and the United Kingdom's Home Office publication, Somalia Assessment 2001.[22][23]
- Shiekh Darod (Daarood bin Ismaciil)
- Marehan
- Red Dini
- Reer Hassan
- Cali Dheere
- Kabalah
- Absame
- Ogaden
- Makabul
- Tolomoge
- Mohamed Zubeir
- Aulihan
- Bah-geri
- Jidwaaq
- Abaskuul
- Bartire
- Yabaree
- Ogaden
- Koombe
- Geri
- Harti
- Dhulbahante (Dolbahante)
- Dishiishe (Dishishe)
- Warsangali (Warsengeli)
- Majeerteen (Mijerteen)
- Wabeeneeye
- Idigfale (Muuse Noleys)
- Danweyne (Abdalle Noleys)
- Amaanle
- Guddoonwaaq
- Filkucaag
- Amartiwaaq
- Tabale
- Ali Jibraahiil
- Nuux Jibrahiil
- Cabdirixiin Ibraahim
- Cabdale Ibrahim
- Adan Ibrahim
- Reer Maxamud
- Wadalmoge
- Maxamed Muuse
- Ismail Maxamed
- Cali Maxamed
- Abokor Maxamed
- Nuux Maxamed
- Baraale Maxamed
- Idiris Muuse
- Reer Faahiye
- Reer Ciise
- Rooble Cawlyahan
- Ilka Dheer
- Maxamed Muuse
- Reer Umar
- Reer Maxamuud
- Abukar Maxamuud
- Faarax Ismacil
- Ciise Ismacil
- Maxamed Ismacil
- Qaasin Maxamuud
- Maxamed Qaasin
- Axmed Qaasin
- Aadan Qaasin
- Bare Qaasin
- Ibraahim Qaasin
- Abukar Maxamuud
- Reer Bicidyahan
- Siwaaqroon
- Abdirahman
- Adan Abdiraxman
- Ibrahim Abdisamad
- Yoonis Abdisamad
- Mohamud Abdisamad
- Cawlyahan (Obokor Abdiraxman)
- Ciise Cawlyahan
- Jibriil Cawlyahan
- Hashim Cawlyahan
- Adan Abdiraxman
- Mohammed
- Abdirahman
- Ugaar Saleebaan
- Ibrahim Aadan
- Hussein Aadan
- Ismail Saleebaan
- Ali Saleebaan
- Bicidyahan Ali
- Auliyahan Ali
- Omar Ali
- Adam Ali
- Ismail Ali
- Maxamuud Saleebaan
- Cismaan Maxamuud
- Cumar Maxamuud
- Nuux Maxamuud
- Ciise Maxamuud
- Absame
- Marehan
Groups
- Taargooye, an exclusively Majeerteen Darawiish administrative division and disbanded in 1910 when its constituents became mutinous[24]
- The Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) was a predominantly Majeerteen political group from the 1980s to 1990s
Notable people
Actors
- Barkhad Abdi, actor known for his role as Abduwali Muse in the film Captain Phillips
Royalty
- Ali Yusuf Kenadid, last sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo
- Osman Mahamuud, king of the Majeerteen Sultanate
- Yusuf Ali Kenadid, founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo
Military
- Abdullahi Ahmed Irro, Somali general, founded the National Academy for Strategy
- Jama Ali Jama, colonel in the Somali military and former president of Puntland
- Mohamed Abshir Muse, first commander of the Somali Police Force
- Mohamed Osman Irro, Colonel in the Somali National Army
Enterprisers
- Ali A. Abdi, sociologist, professor of education and international development at the University of British Columbia.
- Ali Haji Warsame, entrepreneur, former Chief Executive Officer of Golis Telecom Somalia
- Iman, Somali American elite fashion model, actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is the widow of English rock musician David Bowie.
- Maxamed Daahir Afrah, novelist, playwright, journalist and scholar
- Mohammed Awale Liban, designed the flag of Somalia
- Omar A. Ali, entrepreneur, accountant, financial consultant, philanthropist, and leading specialist on Islamic finance.
- Shire Haji Farah, entrepreneur, and Executive Committee Member of the Somali Business Council
- Yaasiin Cismaan Kenadid, traditional Somali linguist
- Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke, leader and co-founder of the Somali Youth League
- Osman Yusuf Kenadid, inventor of the Osmanya writing script
Politicians
- Abdirashid Shermarke, first prime minister of Somalia, second president of Somalia (1967–1969)
- Abdirizak Haji Hussein, former prime minister of Somalia (1964–1967), and former secretary general of the Somali Youth League
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former president of Somalia, president of Puntland and co-founder of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front
- Abdirahman Farole, former President of Puntland and senator of Federal Government of Somalia
- Abdi Farah Said, former Somali minister of interior, current minister of interior of Puntland
- Abshir Omar Huruse, current Somali minister of foreign affairs
- Abdisaid Muse Ali, former Somali minister of foreign affairs
- Abdulqawi Yusuf, lawyer and judge at the International Court of Justice
- Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, former president of Puntland
- Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, former prime minister of Somalia, and former president of Puntland
- Ahmed Isse Awad, former Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Ali Abdi Aware, former Puntland state minister
- Asha Gelle Dirie, former minister of Puntland; founder and executive director of TAG Foundation
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch politician, the first Somali-born member of parliament of a European country, author and political activist[25]
- Farah Ali Jama, former minister of finance of Puntland
- Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, first president of the Somali National Assembly; former minister of health and labor of Somalia
- Hassan Abshir Farah, former Mogadishu mayor, Somali ambassador to Japan and later Germany, interior minister of Puntland
- Hassan Ali Mire, first minister of education of the Somali Democratic Republic; former chairman of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
- Hirsi Magan Isse, scholar and revolutionary leader with the Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
- Ilhan Omar, Somali American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019
- Mire Hagi Farah Mohamed, former Somali minister of finance, and former mayor of Kismayo
- Mohamed Abdi Aware, Puntland judge and member of the Supreme Judicial Council of Puntland.
- Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, son-in-law of Siad Barre and minister of defense of Somalia
- Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, former Somali minister of foreign affairs
- Mohamud Muse Hersi, third president of Puntland
- Said Abdullahi Dani, former minister of planning of Somalia, current president of Puntland
- Saida Haji Bashir Ismail, former Somali finance vice-minister in the Transitional National Government (2000–2004)
- Omar Samatar, fought against Italian occupation of Hobyo after the surrender of the Sultan of Hobyo
- Omar Sharmarke, former prime minister of Somalia and son of Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
- Yusuf Mohamed Ismail, former ambassador of Somalia to the United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva
- Yusuf Osman Samatar, politician
See also
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Early in 1885 Great Britain concluded separate protective treaties with all the Somali tribes now living under her protection, except the Warsangeli, who concluded a treaty in 1886, and the Dolbahanta, with whom no treaty has been made.
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'Abdalla Qoriyow, the prestigious Islamic magistrate of the Dervish capital, who took part in the conspiracy. 108 Ahmad Fiqi, also a conspirator, was the Dervish expert on Qur'anic exegesis. 109 Reference to the Sayyid's brother-in-law, Faarah Mahamuud Sugulle, whose involvement in the conspiracy was particularly bad news for the Sayyid ... After a week of intense fighting, the Sayyid emerged victorious, but not before several Dervish clans, like the Reer Samatar Khalaf Majeerteen, were decimated
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