The powerful Bimaal even though surrounded by powerful none Dir forces they always maintained their independency and preserved their identity unlike some other Dir groups who succumbed to their enemies. Only the Surre Dir clan can rival the Bimaal in terms of survival and tenacity to resist all obstacles.
1750 The Geledi Sultanate, later know as Afgoy, emerges in Ay Ulay in the Southern Shabelle Valley.
1819 Sh. Ibrahim Hassan Yeberow establishes a reformed Jama’a in Bardheere in Upper Jubba region.
1848 The sultan of Geledi, Yusuf Mahamud, is killed at Adaddey Suleyman, a village near Marka, in a battle between the Bimaal and Geledi confederacy of 16 clans deep in Bimaal territory.
1878 Second Sultan Ahmed Yusuf is killed at Agaaran, near Marka, by the Bimaal. The Geledi army retreats.
Sultanate of the Geledi
The Sultanate of the Geledi (Somali: Saldanadda Geledi,
Arabic: سلطنة غلدي) was a Somali kingdom
that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the late-17th century and 19th
century. The Sultanate was governed by the Gobroon Dynasty. It was established
by the Geledi soldier Ibrahim Adeer, who had defeated various vassals of the Ajuran
Sultanate and founded the House of Gobroon. The dynasty reached its apex under
the successive reigns of Sultan Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim, who successfully
consolidated Geledi power during the Bardera wars in 1843,[1] and Sultan Ahmed
Yusuf, who forced regional powers such as the Omani Empire to submit tribute.
The sultanate was eventually incorporated into Italian Somaliland in 1908, and
ended with the death of Osman Ahmed in 1910.[2]
At the end of the 17th century, the Ajuran Sultanate was on
its decline, and various vassals were now breaking free or being absorbed by
new Somali powers. One of these powers was the Silcis Sultanate, which began
consolidating its rule over the Afgooye region. Ibrahim Adeer led the revolt
against the Silcis ruler Umar Abrone and his oppressive daughter, Princess
Fay.[3] After his victory over the Silcis, Ibrahim then proclaimed himself
Sultan and subsequently started the Gobroon Dynasty.
Geledi Sultanate was a Rahanweyn Kingdom ruled by the noble
Geledi clan which controlled the entire Jubba River and extending parts of
Shebelle River and dominating the East African trade. The Geledi Sultanate had
enough power to force the southern Arabians to pay tribute to the noble Geledi
Rulers like Ahmed Yusuf (Gobroon).[4]
Military
The Geledi army numbered 20,000 men in times of peace, and
could be raised to 50,000 troops in times of war.[5] The supreme commanders of
the army were the Sultan and his brother, who in turn had Malaakhs and Garads
under them. The military was supplied with rifles and cannons by Somali traders
of the coastal regions that controlled the East African arms trade.