Rashid Abdillahi

Sultan Rashid Abdillahi (Somali: Rashiid Cabdillaahi, Arabic: رشيد بن عبدالله) was the sixth Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate and reigned from 1967 to 1969, when he was succeeded by his brother Abdiqadir Abdillahi.[1][2]

Rashid Abdillahi (third from left in the standing row) pictured with Michael Mariano among other founders of the National United Front in Hargeisa, 1956
Sultan Rashid Abdillahi
سلطان رشيد بن عبدالله
6th Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate
Sultan Rashid Abdillahi, 1956
Reign1967 - 1969
PredecessorAbdillahi Deria
SuccessorAbdiqadir Abdillahi
Died1969
Hargeisa, Somali Republic (now Somaliland)
DynastyGuled Dynasty
ReligionSunni Islam

Biography

Rashid was active in independence and post-independence politics and accompanied his father Sultan Abdillahi Deria. In 1966 he would lead a delegation of the Somali Parliament to Teheran and the 55th World Interparliamentary Conference.[3]

References

  1. admin (2017-12-08). ""Codsi Dib u Furista Suldaan Rashiid Library ". Axmed Nuur Guruuje". Sagal News. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  2. "Taariikhda Saldanada Reer Guuleed Ee Somaliland.Abwaan:Ibraahim-rashiid Cismaan Guure (aboor). | Togdheer News Network". Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  3. Central Intelligence Agency, United States (1966). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 181-185. Ohio State University. p. 19.
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