Somali traditional polities (original) (raw)

Rulers: Somalia

Note: Place names and clan names are typically in Somali language, and are recorded in the current official alphabet. Personal "given" names are mostly of Arabic origin, and are given in Somali/Arabic.

Muqdisho/Maqdishu

bf.1331                Muqdisho/Maqdishu sultanate established (in 20th century
                       often referred to by the Italian version Mogadiscio)

Sultans - Abgaal lineage - ... - ... Cumar/Umar ... - ... Axmed I/Ahmad I ... - ... Maxamad I/Muhammad I ... - ... Axmed II/Ahmad II ... - ... Maxamuud/Mahmud ... - ... Cali/Ali ... - ... Cismaan/`Uthman ... - ... Maxamad II/Muhammad II 1860 Axmed III/Ahmad III

Majerteen

 _c._1600                Majerteen or Harti sultanate founded
   1927                incorporated into Italian colony

Sultans - Keenadiid clan, Bah Dir lineage - ... - 1815 Maxamuud IV/Mahmud IV 1815 - 1842 Cismaan II/Uthman II 1842 - 1844 Yuusuf IV/Yusuf IV 1844 - 1860 Maxamuud V Yuusuf/Mahmud V ibn Yusuf 1860 - 1927 Cismaan III Maxamuud/Uthman III ibn Mahmud

Hobyo

   1878                Hobyo sultanate split off from Majerteen

Oct 1925 incorporated into Italian colony (known as Obbia)

Sultans - Keenadiid clan, Bah Dir lineage - 1878 - 28 Sep 1911 Yuusuf Cali/Yusuf ibn Ali 1911 - Oct 1925 Cali Yuusuf/Ali ibn Yusuf

Geledi/Jaladi

3 Sep 1908 incorporated into Italian colony

Sultans - Gobroon clan - *1843 - 1848 Yuusuf Maxamad/Yusuf ibn Muhammad 1848 - 1878 Axmed Yuusuf/Ahmad ibn Yusuf 1878 - 3 Sep 1908 Cismaan Axmed/`Uthman ibn Ahmad

Noogal/Nugal

3 Mar 1905 the "Mad Mullah" declares himself Mahdi 1911 rule of the Mahdi terminated by Italy

Mahdi 3 Mar 1905 - 1911 Sayid Maxamad Cabdille Xasan/ Sayyid Muhammad `Abd Allah al-Hasan (b. 1864 - d. 1920)