Sultan Mahamed Abdiqadir ( so, Suldaan Maxamed Suldaan Cabdiqaadir, ar, محمد بن عبدالقادر بن عبدالله) (died 12 February 2021) was the eighth Grand Sultan of the

Isaaq Sultanate The Isaaq Sultanate ( so, Saldanadda Isaaq, Wadaad writing, Wadaad: , ar, السلطنة الإسحاقية) was a Somali people, Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries. It spanned the territorie ...

. Mahamed Abdiqadir died on 12 February 2021, in

Hargeisa Hargeisa (; so, Hargeysa, ar, هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa. It succeeded Burco as the capital of the British Somaliland Protector ...

, the capital of Somaliland due to an illness he was suffering from for months. A state funeral was held and was attended by the President of Somaliland

Muse Bihi Abdi Musa Bihi Abdi ( so, Muuse Biixi Cabdi, ar, موسى بيحي عبدي) (born 1948 in Hargeisa, British Somaliland, now Somaliland) is a Somaliland politician and former military officer who has been President of Somaliland since December 2017. ...

and the chairmen of the two opposition parties in the country, as well as high officials and ordinary citizens. The head of the UK's liaison in Somaliland was also among the dignitaries to pay his respects to the late sultan. Per Isaaq tradition, his son Daud was named as the ninth Isaaq sultan before his body was laid to rest.

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21st-century Somalian people 20th-century Somalian people Somalian Muslims Somali sultans Grand Sultans of the Isaaq Sultanate 2021 deaths Year of birth missing People from Hargeisa {{Somaliland-bio-stub