Mahamud Ibrahim Adeer (, ) sometimes referred to as '' Aw Maxamuud'' was a Somali ruler. He was the second

Sultan Sultan (; ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be use ...

of the

Sultanate of the Geledi The Sultanate of the Geledi (, ) also known as the Gobroon dynasty,Somali Sultanate: The Geledi City-state Over 150 Years - Virginia Luling (2002) Page 229 was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the late-17th century ...

. He defeated early challengers to the new Sultanate and incorporated some Rahanweyn and Hawiye subclans under Geledi rule.

Early life

Mahamud was the son of the first Geledi Sultan

Ibrahim Adeer Ibrahim Adeer (, ) was a Somali ruler. He founded the Sultanate of the Geledi. He subsequently established the Geledi sultanate's ruling house, the Gobroon dynasty, after having to successfully rebel and expel the Ajuran Sultanate and ruled large ...

. He received religious education and was conferred the honorific ''Aw'' or Sheikh, signifying his status as a learned individual.

Reign

His rule marked the consolidation of the newly formed Geledi Sultanate. Echoing the battles his father fought in the decades prior it was under Mahamud's reign that the Geledi would defeat a

Silcis The Silcis (sometimes spelled "Sil'is" or "Seles" in historical texts) are a Somalis, Somali subclan. They are part of the Gorgaarte subclan of the Hawiye clan, which is one of the major clans of the Somali people. The Silcis inhabit the traditiona ...

and Gorgarte Hawiye resurgence that threatened to bring back their oppressive rule. As well, the powerful Hintire and Hubeer clans united against the Geledi but were defeated and enveloped into the Sultanate.Historical Dictionary of Somalia By Mohamed Haji Mukhtar, pg.161 Following his death, Mahamud's son Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim would succeed him and take Geledi power to its greatest extent.

References

*{{cite book , last = Luling , first = Virginia , title = Somali Sultanate: the Geledi city-state over 150 years , publisher = Transaction Publishers , year = 2002 , location = , pages = , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IqgEAAAACAAJ , doi = , id = , isbn = 0-7658-0914-1 17th-century Somali people 18th-century Somali people Gobroon dynasty Somalian religious leaders Somalian Muslims Ajuran Sultanate 17th-century monarchs in Africa 18th-century monarchs in Africa 18th-century deaths Year of birth unknown

Early life

Reign

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