Ali Garaad Jama
Ali Garaad Jama was the nineteenth garaad guud of the reer darawiish tribe from 1966 until 1985. This means he was the 19th supreme chieftain of the reer darawiish tribe. During his term he signed the papers where north Somalia declared independence from England. He died in Egypt in 1985. He was the only Somali clan leader with college education.[1] He was known for his improvements to the Somali alphabet.[2] The line of succession returned to the Baharsame lineage after Diiriye Guure became garaad guud of Dhulbahante when Diiriye Guure became Sultan of Dhulbahante and Darawiish.[3]
References
- ↑ Issa-Salwe, Abdisalam (1996). The Collapse of the Somali State: The Impact of the Colonial Legacy. p. 84.
Another well - known leader was the nationalist Garaad of the Dhulbahante , Ali Garaad Jama , who died whilst in exile in Egypt in the early 1980s . Garaad Ali ( also known as Garaad of the Harti ) was one of the few traditional Somali clan leaders with college education. The MOD alliance became a political instrument whose effect was to build .
- ↑ Ahmed, Akbar S. (16 October 2013). Islam in Tribal Societies: From the Atlas to the Indus. ISBN 9781134565276.
- ↑ "Sessional Papers". 1901.