| Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman سلطان نور أحمد أمان | |
|---|---|
| 3rd Sultan of the Habr Yunis Sultanate | |
 Sultan Nur (centre) in the Tuuyo plains (1896) | |
| Reign | 1879-1907 |
| Predecessor | Hersi Aman |
| Successor | Dolal Nur, Awad Deria |
| Born | 1841 Oodweyne, Habr Yunis Sultanate |
| Died | 1907 Taleh, British Somaliland (now Somaliland) |
| House | Ainanshe |
| Religion | Sufi Islam |
Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman (Somali: Suldaan Nuur Axmed Amaan; (1841–1907); Somali nickname Nuur Dheere[1]), was a learned religious leader and the 5th Sultan of the Habr Yunis Sultanate and later also one of the leaders behind the Somali Dervish movement and revolt (1899–1920).[2] He was the principal agitator rallying the followers of the Kob Fardod Tariqa behind his anti-French Roman Catholic Mission campaign that would become the cause of the Dervish uprising.[3] He assisted in assembling men and arms and hosted the revolting tribesmen in his quarter at Burao in August 1899, declaring the Dervish rebellion. He fought and led the war throughout the years 1899–1904. He and his brother Geleh Ahmed[4] (Kila Ahmed) were the main signatories of the Dervish peace treaty with the British, Ethiopians and Italian colonial powers on March 5, 1905, known as the Ilig Treaty or the Pestalozza agreement.[5] Sultan Nur is entombed in a white-domed shrine in Taleh, the location of the largest Dervish forts and the capital of the Dervish from 1912 to 1920, a testimony to his contribution in creating the movement.
- ^ Eine deutsche Gesandtschaft in Abessinien by Rosen, Felix (1907), p. 136
- ^ Sadler to Salisbury-Correspondence Respecting the Rising of the Mullah Muhammed Abdullah in Somaliland, and Consequent Military Operations, 1899-1901. (published 1901) 88pp.
- ^ Foreign Department-External-B, August 1899, N. 33-234, NAI, New Delhi, Inclosure 2, No. 1 And inclosure 3, No. 1.
- ^ British Somaliland / by Ralph E. Drake-Brockman. Drake-Brockman, Ralph E. (Ralph Evelyn), 1875-1952. p. 275
- ^ Il Benadir, Vico Mantegazza. 1908. pp. 323–324