The freedom movement, 1895 to 1960
Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire (Maxamuud Cali Shire)
Mohamoud Ali Shire (died 1960) was Sultan of the Warsangali, based at Las Khorey. He signed a protectorate treaty with Britain in 1886, later sided with the Dervish movement of Sayid Mohamed Abdullah Hassan, his son-in-law, and in 1920 was exiled by the British to the Seychelles for seven years.
Sultan Mohamoud Ali ShireMaxamuud Cali Shire · Mahmud Ali Shirreh
- Lived
- ? to 1960
- Known as one of
- The freedom movement, 1895 to 1960
- Places
- Ceerigaabo and Sanaag
- Era
- 1500 to 1884; Partition and the Dervishes, 1884 to 1920; Toward independence, 1920 to 1960
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who was he?
Mohamoud Ali Shire was Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate, also called its Senior Akil, centred on Las Khorey; he died in 1960 (Wikipedia, Mohamoud Ali Shire). See The Warsangali Sultanate.
Britain and the Dervishes
In 1886 he and other Warsangali elders signed a protectorate treaty with Britain, following similar treaties with other northern clans (Wikipedia). He was father-in-law of Sayid Mohamed Abdullah Hassan, and during the conflict between the Dervishes and Britain he sided with the Dervishes (same source). In January 1908 his men fired on a British ship about to land on their coast (same source). See The Dervish movement.
Exile in the Seychelles
After the Dervish defeat in 1920, the British sentenced him to seven years' exile in the Seychelles (Wikipedia). Wikipedia quotes Wardheer News that his "independent policy, strength and indifference to the powers surrounding him" had vexed London (same source). He tried to escape from Berbera on 5 January 1920 and arrived in the Seychelles on HMS Odin on 3 May 1920 (same source).
He lived at Anse Etoile on Mahé and had to report to the police three times a day (same source). Other exiles there included the former Egyptian prime minister Saad Zaghloul, with whom he became friendly (same source). He wrote repeatedly asking to return, and sent letters home through Somali sailors to get round censorship (same source).
In short
The Warsangali sultan who backed the Dervishes and was exiled by Britain to the Seychelles.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Mohamoud Ali Shire · en.wikipedia.org
Sultan Mohamoud Ali ShireMaxamuud Cali Shire · Mahmud Ali Shirreh
- Lived
- ? to 1960
- Known as one of
- The freedom movement, 1895 to 1960
- Places
- Ceerigaabo and Sanaag
- Era
- 1500 to 1884; Partition and the Dervishes, 1884 to 1920; Toward independence, 1920 to 1960
- Sources
- 1 sources
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