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Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim

d. 1848 · 19th century

Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim was sultan of the Geledi in southern Somalia in the first half of the 19th century and the most powerful ruler of the Gobroon dynasty. From Afgooye he dominated the lower Shabelle valley and influenced the Benadir ports, and in 1843 he led a large army that destroyed the militant religious community at Bardera. His son Ahmed Yusuf succeeded him.

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