Aden Abdullahi Nur
Aden Abdullahi Noor "Gabyow" (, Osmanya Script: 𐒛𐒆𐒗𐒒 𐒛𐒛𐒁𐒆𐒚𐒐𐒐𐒖𐒔𐒘 N𐒙𐒙𐒇 "G𐒖𐒁𐒕𐒙𐒓"; 10 October 1920 - 5 June 2002). Was a very senior Somali Military Commander, Faction Leader, Politician, a leading member and one of the most powerful men in the Somali Democratic Republic. Early years Aden Abdullahi Noor "Gabyow", was born on the 10th of October 1920, in the district of Mado Gashi in the Northern Frontier District, which was under the British rule at that time. He was born to an Aulihan sub clan of the larger Ogaden, Darod clan. He received his primary education in Garissa the capital city of the Northern Frontier District. He joined the King's African Rifles in 1947 and undertook his military training in the second capital city of Uganda, Jinja. He finished training the same year and was transferred to Jigjiga, Somali Region Ethiopia. When he finished duty in Jigjiga, he was sent to Kismayo only to be sent back to Kenya when the British handed the territory over to Italy. Gabyow was among British troops who were sent to fight in Korea until 1952. He had previously fought in the Malayan Emergency. In 1952 he was sent to Britain and was among