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Sultan Ibrahim Adeer (Ibraahin Adeer)
Ibrahim Adeer was the founder of the Geledi Sultanate and its ruling Gobroon dynasty, in the late 17th or early 18th century. Wikipedia, citing Virginia Luling's history of the Geledi, says he was an Ajuran general who led a revolt, drove the Ajuran from Afgooye, and extended Geledi rule over the Bay, Bakool, Gedo and Juba lands.
Sultan Ibrahim AdeerIbraahin Adeer · Ibrahim Adeer Gobroon
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- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- 1500 to 1884
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- 2 sources
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). Wikidata describes him as a ruler of the 17th and 18th centuries (Wikidata, Q5984418). He was the son of Adeer Gobroon, and his son Mahamud Ibrahim succeeded him (Wikipedia). See The 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 (Wikipedia). It says he united the Maay-speaking Digil and Mirifle clans by military and diplomatic means (same source). See The Ajuran state.
Campaigns
According to the same article, he marched through what are now the Bay and Bakool regions, defeating the Madanle; defeated the Silcis at Afgooye; expelled the Ajuran from Bardheere and Luuq and set up a garrison at Dolow; and reached as far south as Kismayo (Wikipedia).
In short
The founder of the Geledi Sultanate, whose revolt ended Ajuran rule over the Shabelle and Juba lands.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Ibrahim Adeer · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikidata, Q5984418 · wikidata.org
Sultan Ibrahim AdeerIbraahin Adeer · Ibrahim Adeer Gobroon
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- 1500 to 1884
- Sources
- 2 sources
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