Mahamed Abdiqadir

Mahamed Abdiqadir (Somali: Suldaan Maxamed Suldaan Cabdiqaadir, Arabic: محمد بن عبدالقادر بن عبدالله; 1948 – 12 February 2021) was the eighth Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate.[1][2][3]

Mahamed Abdiqadir
سلطان محمد بن عبدالقادر
Sultan of Isaaq
Grand Sultan of Somaliland
Reign1975 – 12 February 2021
PredecessorAbdiqadir Abdillahi
SuccessorDaud Mahamed
Born1948
Hargeisa, Somaliland
Died12 February 2021
Hargeisa, Somaliland
DynastyGuled Dynasty
ReligionSunni Islam

Biography

Sultan Mahamed Abdiqadir was born in 1948 in Hargeisa, Somaliland. He completed his primary and middle school education in Hargeisa, after which he received further education in Sudan and the Soviet Union where he studied engineering.[4]

Mahamed Abdiqadir died on 12 February 2021, in Hargeisa due to an illness he was suffering from for months. A state funeral was held and was attended by the President of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi and the chairmen of the two opposition parties in the country, as well as high officials and ordinary citizens.[5][6] The head of the UK's liaison in Somaliland was also among the dignitaries to pay his respects to the late sultan.[6]

Per Isaaq tradition, his son Daud was named as the ninth Isaaq sultan before his body was laid to rest.[6]

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