The freedom movement, 1895 to 1960
Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman (Suldaan Nuur Axmed Amaan)
Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman (1841–1907), known as Nuur Dheere, was a religious scholar who became the fifth Sultan of the Habr Yunis in 1879. In August 1899 he hosted at Burao the gathering where the Dervish movement of Sayid Mohamed Abdullah Hassan opened its war on British rule. He took part in the campaigns of 1899–1904, signed the 1905 Ilig peace treaty, and is buried in a white-domed tomb at Taleh.
Sultan Nur Ahmed AmanSuldaan Nuur Axmed Amaan · Nuur Dheere
- Lived
- 1841 to 1907
- Known as one of
- The freedom movement, 1895 to 1960
- Era
- 1500 to 1884; Partition and the Dervishes, 1884 to 1920
- Sources
- 2 sources
Who was he?
Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman was a religious leader and the fifth Sultan of the Habr Yunis (Wikipedia, Nur Ahmed Aman). He was one of the leaders of the Dervish movement of 1899–1920 (same source). His nickname was Nuur Dheere (same source). This page records events without taking sides.
Scholar before sultan
He spent his early years as a student of the Ahmadiyya (Idrisiyya) Sufi order at Hahi and Berato (Wikipedia). Sources differ on whether he could read and write Arabic (same source). The colonial doctor Drake-Brockman wrote in 1911 that he was living as a religious teacher at Hahi, near Oodweyne, when his kin called him to lead (same source).
Becoming sultan
He became sultan in 1879, after his uncle Sultan Hersi Aman died in a feud (Wikipedia). Drake-Brockman wrote that he accepted "much against his will" (same source). A rival branch named its own sultan in 1881, and for some years there were two (same source). He later based himself at Burao (same source).
The Dervish movement
He led a campaign against a French Catholic mission in the protectorate, which became one cause of the uprising (Wikipedia). In August 1899 the Dervish forces gathered at Burao and declared open war on British rule (Douglas Jardine, The Mad Mullah of Somaliland, 1923). Wikipedia records that he hosted the gathering in his quarter of the town (Wikipedia). Jardine, a British official, names him riding beside the Sayid in the early British expeditions (Jardine 1923). See the Dervish movement, 1899 to 1920 and Sayid Mohamed Abdullah Hassan.
The Ilig treaty
On 5 March 1905 he and his brother were the main signatories of the Ilig treaty (Wikipedia). It made peace between the Dervishes and the British, Ethiopian and Italian powers (same source).
Death
He died in 1907 (Wikipedia). He is buried in a white-domed shrine at Taleh, which later became the Dervish capital (same source). His son Dolal Nur succeeded him (same source).
In short
A sultan of the Habar Yoonis who joined the Dervish movement at Burao in 1899.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Nur Ahmed Aman · en.wikipedia.org
- Douglas Jardine, The Mad Mullah of Somaliland, 1923 · archive.org
Sultan Nur Ahmed AmanSuldaan Nuur Axmed Amaan · Nuur Dheere
- Lived
- 1841 to 1907
- Known as one of
- The freedom movement, 1895 to 1960
- Era
- 1500 to 1884; Partition and the Dervishes, 1884 to 1920
- Sources
- 2 sources
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