Garad Ali IV

Garaad Ali IV was the fifteenth garaad guud of the reer darawiish tribe. This means he was the 15th  supreme chieftain of the reer darawiish tribe.http://www.abtirsi.com/view.php?person=725 He was the only Somali tribal leader not to have signed a treaty with a colonial power. After his disagreements with the Sayid, Garaad Ali IV was replaced as the Dhulbahante king with Diiriye Guure in 1897. Because of disagreements, the Diiriye Guure the Dervish & Dhulbahante Sultan became garad rather than Garaad Ali IV, and Diiriye Guure afterwards became Dhulbahante Sultan and Darawiish Sultan at the same time.

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Category:1840s births
Category:1899 deaths
Category:Somali politicians