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Ughaz Nur II (Ugaas Nuur Ugaas Rooble)
Ughaz Nur II, in Somali Ugaas Nuur Ugaas Rooble (about 1835 to 1898), was the eleventh Ughaz (paramount ruler) of the Gadabuursi and a noted Somali poet. Crowned in 1848, he signed a treaty with Egypt in the 1870s, sent fighters to support the Emir of Harar against Menelik II in 1887, and ruled until his death in 1898.
Ughaz Nur IIUgaas Nuur · Ugaas Nuur Ugaas Rooble
- Lived
- 1835 to 1898
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Places
- Boorama and Awdal
- Era
- 1500 to 1884; Partition and the Dervishes, 1884 to 1920
- Sources
- 2 sources
Who was he?
Ughaz Nur II (Ugaas Nuur Ugaas Rooble) was a Somali ruler and poet, the eleventh Ughaz of the Gadabuursi, who lived from about 1835 to 1898 (Wikipedia, Ughaz Nur II). Ughaz is a Somali title for the paramount leader, comparable to sultan (same source). He was from the Reer Ugaas of the Makayl-Dheere (same source).
Somali Wikipedia gives his reign as 1848 to 1898 and says he was born in the Awdal region (Wikipedia (Somali), Ugaas Nuur Ugaas Rooble). English Wikipedia says he was born in Zeila and crowned at Bagi in 1848 (Wikipedia).
Egypt, Harar and Menelik
In 1876 Egypt signed a treaty with Ughaz Nur and occupied the northern Somali coast, including Zeila, as well as Harar and the Harar–Zeila–Berbera caravan route (Wikipedia). He travelled to Egypt to meet the Khedive Ismail Pasha, who gave him medals and gifts (same source).
He had close ties with the Emir of Harar, Abdallah II ibn Ali (same source). When Menelik II of Ethiopia took Harar in 1887, Ughaz Nur sent Gadabuursi fighters to support the Emir (same source). Somali Wikipedia puts the force at 3,000 men (Wikipedia (Somali)). Menelik later offered him protection in return for cooperation, which he refused; he died in 1898 and was buried at Dirri (Wikipedia).
Poet and lawgiver
He knew the Gadabuursi heer (customary law) by heart and amended it during his reign (same source). His poems and sayings are still quoted and are taught in Somali poetry classes (Wikipedia). One of his poems was first recorded by I. M. Lewis in 1958 in the "Gadabuursi Somali script", and was later published in full in War and Peace: An Anthology of Somali Literature (same source). Somali Wikipedia names his poem "Kabaal nagi" (Wikipedia (Somali)).
In short
Gadabuursi Ughaz for fifty years, poet, and an ally of Harar against Menelik in 1887.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Ughaz Nur II · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia (Somali), Ugaas Nuur Ugaas Rooble · so.wikipedia.org
Ughaz Nur IIUgaas Nuur · Ugaas Nuur Ugaas Rooble
- Lived
- 1835 to 1898
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Places
- Boorama and Awdal
- Era
- 1500 to 1884; Partition and the Dervishes, 1884 to 1920
- Sources
- 2 sources
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