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years. Ali Sheikh Madar's son Sh Yussuf Ali Sheikh Madar later become the 2nd Chairman of SNM and was a scholar and teacher and the first Foreign Minister of Somaliland. Sh Yusuf's son Ibrahim Yusuf Madar, also a Sheikh, would go on to be the lead mediator in the grass roots reconciliation process of the northern clans following the
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formed a nucleus that attracted other pastoralists to come and settle in the burgeoning town. As well, clan conflicts were mitigated as the new community had managed to unify on a shared religious identity rather than aligning strictly on traditional clan basis. With the Sheikh succeeding in the task
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affiliation of brotherhood and directed his followers toward agriculture, changing the culture of nomadic pastoralism and as well as the culture based on single clan loyalty. The impact of Sheikh Madar's introduction of agriculture can be seen in the agricultural firms in the area west of Hargeisa,
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Following Madar's death in 1918 his son Yusuf followed in his footsteps and became a respected Sheikh in his own right. However, His other son Ali Sh Madar Ahmed chose to become an entrepreneur and become a successful and wealthy entrepreneur with the blessing of his father Sheikh Madar. At a later
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falls in the area. Sheikh Madar's introductions and reforms left behind a lasting effect that continues into the present day. He introduced permanent settlements, reforming a nomadic life based on following after the rains and pastures. Secondly, he brought together members of various clans in an
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and chewing tobacco, both of which the Qadiriyya had permitted. Amongst other disputes he would come to debate the leading Qadiriyya sheikhs of Berbera including Aw Gaas and Xaaji Ibrahim Xirsi. Sheikh Madar the leader of Somali Qadiriyya was invited to participate in 1897 and after rigorous
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discussion, the Qadiriyya tariqa had proved victorious and Mahmud Abdalla Hassan had been refuted. British authorities took note of the disturbance and turmoil and he was thus expelled from the city. The divisions were deep and both sides had accused the other of
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and the second largest Somali inhabited city to date. Hargeisa and its environs had suitable soil and ample water supply for agriculture yet the pastoralists had not been taking advantage of this fact. Madar alongside the other leaders of
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Hargeisa has grown to become a vibrant cultural hub and is the current capital of Somaliland. The eponymously named neighborhood of Sheikh Madar today in Hargeisa is one of the oldest in the city and the site of the original
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Sheikh Madar the head of the religious community here is entirely on the side of law and order and exerts considerable influence over the Habr Awal tribes in this direction, one and all of whom are opposed to the
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and Habr Awal tribes to oppose his advances in that direction. Sheikh can command a sufficient following to safeguard Hargaisa, and I should say that the Mullah will not attempt to penetrate so far west.
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In the mid 19th century Hargeisa and the surrounding region was a hotbed of clan strife with raids being made on caravans attempting to pass through. Madar alongside other Sufi sheikhs established the
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met outside Hargeisa in 1870 to discuss issues regarding the new town and agreed that poaching and tree cutting in the vicinity should be banned. The Saad Musa branch of the
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and the new construction of permanent housing and creating his grand mosque in 1883. The Sheikh was also responsible for leading the communal prayers supplicating to
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had taken large swathes of new territory around the turn of the century and tribes just outside the protectorate were cowed to pay tribute to General
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political/religious leader, a social reformer, merchant and a jurist that was instrumental in the modern foundation of
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Ethiopia: The Era of the Princes; The Challenge of Islam and the Re-unification of the Christian Empire (1769-1855)
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and introduced new practices that would put Hargeisa on the trajectory to becoming the largest Somali city in
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who arrived in Berbera in 1895 and constructed his own masjid and began propagating. He was strongly against
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movement based on Salihiyya just two years after the debates partly in rebuke of the Qadiriyya status quo.
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Divine Fertility: The Continuity in Transformation of an Ideology of Sacred Kinship in Northeast Africa
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Historic Jama'a Masjid of Hargeisa, built on the site where Sheikh Madar's first commune was located
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clan which controlled the lucrative caravan trade stretching to Berbera with strong ties with the
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clan and this leverage was recognized by the British Parliament in the face of the Salihiyya
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As a respected elder and influential peacemaker Sheikh Madar held considerable sway over the
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tariqa would soon be challenged by a new tariqa. The most prominent Sheikh of the
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took it upon themselves to place the disabled in the region under their care.
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began to settle in Hargeisa under the watch and the hospitality of the Sultan
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In the 1901 Parliamentary Sessional Report Madar's influence is discussed
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Sheikh Madar (right) pictured in Hargeisa alongside Suldan Diiriya Cawale
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delegated to him by his master Sheikh Kabir. Religious leaders in the
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Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04, Volume 1
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in Hargeisa. The new congregation adhered to the 900 year old
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and fiercely anti-Salihiyya, architect of the Benadir revolt
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Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia
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Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia
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clan. His tomb is now a venerated Sufi shrine in the city.
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British Somaliland: An Administrative History, 1920-1960
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Paulitschke's map covering critical trade routes in 1898
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the city where he studied and became versed in religion
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Hargeisa circled and the surrounding region in 1885
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Sheikh Madar and Isaaq Sultan 1160:by Abdullahi, Abdurahman Page 80 604:British officer & author of 270:; 1825–1918) was a 19th-century 1021:THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN SOMALIA 994:THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN SOMALIA 861:. London: Longmans. p. 16. 756:. NY, USA: Thomson/Gale: 1032. 635:leading Qadiriyya scholar from 511:As well, the quickly expanding 16:19th-century Somali Sufi leader 904:Carlos-Swayne, Harald (1900). 889:Carlos-Swayne, Harald (1900). 805:Mire, Sada (5 February 2020). 744:Ficadorey, Gianfranco (2008). 382:for rain in a ritual known as 374:introduced the cultivation of 188:, Social Reformer, Cultivation 1: 953:. Red Sea Press. p. 214. 608:who photographed Sheikh Madar 606:Seventeen Trips to Somaliland 1192:20th-century Somalian people 1187:19th-century Somalian people 873:Journal of African Languages 857:w. 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Index


Sheikh
Berbera
Isaaq Sultanate
Hargeisa
British Somaliland
Hargeisa
Somaliland
Islam
British Somaliland
Emirate of Harar
Harar
Sunni
Shafi'i
Ash'ari
Sufism
Tariqa
Qadiriyya
Abdul Qadir Gilani
Abadir Umar ar-Rida
Kabir Khalil
Somali
Somali
Hargeisa
Sacad Muuse
Habr Awal
Isaaq
Berbera
Harar
Horn

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