Geledi

Geledi
غلدي
Regions with significant populations
 Somalia
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
Tunni, Garre, other Rahanweyn groups

The Geledi are a Somali clan that live predominantly in the environs of Afgooye city. They are a sub-clan of the Rahanweyn and led the Geledi Sultanate during the late 17th to early 20th century.[1] They are divided into two main lineage groups: the Tolweyne and the Yabadhaale.

  1. ^ James Stewart Olson (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 194.