The Sultanate of the Geledi (Somali: Saldanadda Geledi, Arabic: سلطنة غلدي) also known as the Gobroon Dynasty[1] was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the late-17th century and 19th century. The Sultanate was governed by the Gobroon Dynasty. It was established by the Geledi soldier Ibrahim Adeer, who had defeated various vassals of the Ajuran Sultanate and founded the House of Gobroon. The dynasty reached its apex under the successive reigns of Sultan Mahamud Ibrahim who built the Geledi army and successfully repelled the Oromo invasion and Sultan Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim, who successfully modernized the Geledi economy and consolidated Geledi power during the Conquest of Bardera in 1843,[2] and Sultan Ahmed Yusuf, who forced regional powers such as the Omani Empire to submit tribute
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Benaadir is bordered by the Middle Shebelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe) and Lower Shebelle (Shabeellaha Hoose), as well as the Somali Sea.
"Benaadir" is derived from the Somali banaadir, which means "coast", in reference to the southern Somali coastal cities of Mogadishu, Merka and Barawa. The place name reflects the region's medieval position as a key trade center with Persia, Arabian peninsula and far east.[5]
Its capital is Mogadishu, although the administrative region itself is coextensive with the city
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The Darod (Somali: Daarood, Arabic: دارود) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan was Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as Darood.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In Somalia members of the clan settle in the Federal Member States of Jubbaland and Puntland. In Somaliland they settle the regions of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn. Furthermore, the clan has an ancillary presence in pockets of the states of Koonfur-Galbeed and Galmudug
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Somali /səˈmɑːli, soʊ-/[5][6] (Latin: Af-Soomaali; Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 [æ̀f sɔ̀ːmɑ́ːlì])[7] is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is an official language of Somalia and Somaliland ,[8] a national language in Djibouti, and a working language in the Somali Region of Ethiopia and also in North Eastern Kenya. It is used as an adoptive language by a few neighboring ethnic minority groups and individuals
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The Warsangali Sultanate centred in the sanaag and Bari regions of Somalia, a territory that is historically called the Maakhir. The sultanates which was one of the largest in the Somali peninsula, was founded in the 13th century by the sanaag and Bari regions of Somalia, a territory that is historically called the Maakhir. The sultanates which was one of the largest in the Somali peninsula, was founded in the 13th century by the Warsangali sub-clan of the Hart. The rulers of the sultanate were the descendants of the Gerad Dhidhin, however by the late 19th century, the reign of Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire began during some of its most turbulent years.[11]
The Dishiishe clan was among powerful clans in northeastern region
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