Ahmed Yusuf Mahamud
Ahmed Yusuf Mahamud أحمد يوسف محمود | |
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Sultan of the Geledi | |
Reign | 1848–1878 |
Predecessor | Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim |
Successor | Osman Ahmed |
Born | Afgooye, Sultanate of the Geledi (now Somalia) |
Died | 1878 Agaaran, Sultanate of the Geledi |
Dynasty | Gobroon Dynasty |
Religion | Islam |
Ahmed Yusuf Mahamud (
Early life
Ahmed was born in the town of
Reign
Ahmed Yusuf was one of the most powerful rulers in East Africa and had 50,000 troops at his command and controlled a vast territory from stretching Mogadishu to the Jubba region.[2] On the Benadir coast the potential power lay in the hands of Ahmed Yusuf, ruler of the Geledi Sultanate, who lived one day's march inland from Mogadishu.[3] Sultan Ahmed would exert influence over the clans that inhabited the interiverine region. The lucrative ivory trade continued to flourish under his reign that ran from Luuq to Mogadishu. He also collected tribute from the concentrated agricultural clans along the lower Shabelle valley as far south as Kismayo. Only the powerful Bimaal clan centered in Merca resisted Geledi hegemony.[4]
British explorer
Following
Administration
Sultan Ahmed Yusuf's devolved administration described as such by the British Parliament in 1876. Noted as a powerful ruler of the Rahanweyn, his brother Abobokur Yusuf was the governor of the lands opposite the southern Banadir coast. Abobokur collected a 2,000 dollar tax from Barawa annually on behalf of Ahmed and the towns of Golweyn, and Bulo Mareer were exceedingly prosperous. Ahmed himself lived at Afgooye.[8] Other relatives of the Sultan managed the vast territories outside of the immediate interior of the Banadir coast.
Cultural contributions
The Istunka tournament was developed in the Ajuran period, and was celebrated subsequently each year during the Somali new year alongside other festivals such as Nowruz. It was not until the Geledi sultanate and the reign of Sultan Ahmed Yusuf that the martial art festival became a centralized tournament with separate teams each supported by an assembly of poets, female vocalists and dance groups throughout the duration of the contest.[9]
Battle of Agaaran
After preparations were made to finally defeat the
See also
Notes
- ISBN 9789004365988.
- ^ Kirk, John (1873). Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 17; Volumes 1872-1873. Edward Stanford. p. 341.
- ^ Salim, Ahmed Idha (1973). The Swahili-speaking Peoples of Kenya's Coast, 1895-1965. East African Publishing House.
- ^ Festus, Jacob Idha (1998). Africa in the Nineteenth Century Until the 1880s (General History of Africa VI). James Currey; Abridged Ed edition.
- ^ Kirk, John (1873). Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 17; Volumes 1872-1873. Edward Stanford. p. 341.
- ^ Kirk, John (1873). Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 17; Volumes 1872-1873. Edward Stanford. p. 341.
- ^ United Kingdom House of Commons (1968). Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave trade. Irish University Press. p. 475.
- ^ Great Britain, House of Commons (1876). Accounts and Papers volume 70. HM Stationery Office. p. 13.
- ^ Lee V. Cassanelli, The Shaping of Somali Society: Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900, (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.271.
- ISBN 9780810866041. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
- ^ Luling, p.26.
References
- Luling, Virginia (2002). Somali Sultanate: the Geledi city-state over 150 years. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7658-0914-1.