page_title: Gadabuursi
section_title: List of Sultans of the Gadabuursi Sultanate (Ugaasyadda ama Boqortooyadda Gadabuursi)
hierarchical_section_title: Gadabuursi / List of Sultans of the Gadabuursi Sultanate (Ugaasyadda ama Boqortooyadda Gadabuursi)
caption_attribution_description: English: Gadabursi horsemen giving an exhibition before the visitors.
context_page_description: The Gadabuursi, also known as Samaroon, is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.
  The Gadabuursi are geographically spread out across three countries: Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti. Among all of the Gadabuursi inhabited regions of the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is the country where the majority of the clan reside. In Ethiopia, the Gadabuursi are mainly found in the Somali Region, but they also inhabit the Harar, Oromia and Afar regions.
  In Somalia, the Gadabuursi are the predominant clan of the Awdal Region. They are mainly found in cities and towns such as Borama, Baki, Lughaya, Zeila, Dilla, Jarahorato, Amud, Abasa, Fiqi Aadan, Quljeed, Boon and Harirad. In Ethiopia, the Gadabuursi are the predominant clan of the Awbare district in the Fafan Zone, the Dembel district in the Sitti Zone and the Harrawa Valley. They are mainly found in cities and towns such as Awbare, Awbube, Sheder, Lefe Isa, Derwernache, Gogti, Jaare, Heregel, Arabi and Dembel.
context_section_description: The royal family of the Gadabuursi, the Ugasate, evolved from and is a successor kingdom to the Sultanate of Harar and Adal Sultanate. The first Ugaas of this break away and successor kingdom, Ali Makail Dera (Cali Makayl-Dheere) was the son of the progenitor of the Makayl-Dheere. The matrilineal founder who established the Kingdom was Lady Khadija Sheikh Abba Yonis Hasan, from the Geri Koombe clan of the Darod clan.
  The Gadabuursi give their King the title of Ughaz. It's an authentic Somali term for King or Sultan. The Gadabuursi in particular is the only clan with a longstanding tradition of having a Sultan.
  The first Ughaz of the Gadabuursi was Ughaz Ali Makail Dera (Cali Makayl-Dheere), who is the progenitor of the Reer Ugaas subclan to which the royal lineage belongs.
  Ughaz Ali Makail Dera (Cali Makayl-Dheere) based on an Arabic manuscript on the Gadabuursi is said to be born in 1575 in Dobo, an area north of the present town of Borama in north-western Somalia. He is recorded as having inflicted a heavy defeat on Galla forces at Nabadid.
  Ughaz Nur I (the first) is said to have married the daughter of King Aale Boore after his defeat. Her name was Faaye Aale Boore. Ughaz Nur the first and Faaye Aale Boore gave birth  Shirdoon, he was the 7th in line after Ughaz Hiraab. Aale Boore was a famous Oromo king, the victory of the former on the latter, marked a historical turning point in concluding the Oromo predominance.
  Also the Gadabuursi managed to kill the next Oromo King after Aale Boore during the reign of Ughaz Roble I (Ugaas Rooble Ugaas Samatar), the first . It is said that during his reign the Gadabuursi tribe reached great influence and tremendous height in the region, having managed to defeat the reigning Galla/Oromo King at that time, whose name was Nuuno struck a blow to the Galla's their morale, their much loved king being killed. He was defeated by Geedi Bahdoon, also known as Geedi Malable. He struck a spear right through the King while he was in front of a tree, the spear pierced inside the tree making it not able for the King to escape or remove the spear. After he died he was  buried in an area that's now called Qabri Nuuno near Sheedheer. In the picture already shared titled 'An old map featuring the Harrawa Valley in the Gadabuursi country, north of Harar' one can read Gabri Nono, which is the anglicized version of the Somali Qabri Nuuno.
  Ughaz Roble I died in 1848 and was buried in an area called Dhehror (Dhexroor) . It has become the custom for Somalis after Ughaz Roble I that whenever an Ughaz gets inaugurated and it rains, he should be named Ughaz Roble, which translates to the one with rain or rainmaker.
  Ughaz Nur II (the second) was born in Zayla in the year 1835 and crowned in Bagi in 1848. He established strong links with the Egyptian Khedive and Abdallah II ibn Ali of Harrar, during his reign the Western powers were vying for power in the Horn of Africa. He was also a great and famous poet. He was the type to speak words which would never be forgotten once they  entered people's ears. He has created many poems and saying of which really explain the politics and knowledge of that time. How through patience and clever dealing one could be able to entrap one's enemy. He also used to say that whenever he heard a poem he would never forget it. His work was and is still taught in Somali Poetry classes (Suugaan: Fasalka Koobaad) among other Somali poets.
  
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  Currently Abdirashid is the Ughaz of the Gadabuursi.
caption: Gadabuursi horsemen giving an exhibition.
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