Person

Yusuf Ali Kenadid

d. 1911 · 20th century

Yusuf Ali Kenadid was a Somali ruler who founded the Sultanate of Hobyo on the Indian Ocean coast in the 1870s. A member of the ruling house of the Majeerteen Sultanate, he fought a long war with his kinsman Boqor Osman Mahamuud before leaving to carve out a new state further south. In 1888 he accepted an Italian protectorate over Hobyo.

Yusuf Ali Kenadid — Image: Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Majeerteen Sultanate Sultanate of Hobyo

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Yusuf Ali Kenadid. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yusuf-ali-kenadid
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