# Sultan Ibrahim Adeer (Ibraahin Adeer)

> Ibrahim Adeer: founder of the Geledi Sultanate and the Gobroon dynasty at Afgooye.

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## Who was he?

Ibrahim Adeer was a Somali ruler who founded the Sultanate of the Geledi and its ruling house, the Gobroon dynasty ([Wikipedia, Ibrahim Adeer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Adeer)). Wikidata describes him as a ruler of the 17th and 18th centuries ([Wikidata, Q5984418](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5984418)). He was the son of Adeer Gobroon, and his son Mahamud Ibrahim succeeded him ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Adeer)). See [The Geledi Sultanate](/en/history/geledi-sultanate/).

## Revolt against the Ajuran

Wikipedia, which cites Virginia Luling's *Somali Sultanate: the Geledi city-state over 150 years* (2002), says he was an Ajuran general who in the late 17th century gathered 12,000 Geledi and pushed the Ajuran army out of [Afgooye](/en/regions/lower-shabelle/) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Adeer)). It says he united the Maay-speaking Digil and Mirifle clans by military and diplomatic means (same source). See [The Ajuran state](/en/history/ajuran-state/).

## Campaigns

According to the same article, he marched through what are now the Bay and [Bakool](/en/regions/bakool/) regions, defeating the Madanle; defeated the Silcis at Afgooye; expelled the Ajuran from Bardheere and [Luuq](/en/regions/gedo/) and set up a garrison at Dolow; and reached as far south as Kismayo ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Adeer)).

## In short

The founder of the Geledi Sultanate, whose revolt ended Ajuran rule over the [Shabelle](/en/economy/farming-and-harvests/) and Juba lands.

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