Sheikh Nour الرحمن شيخ نور | |
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Born | [saylac, Somaliland |
Occupation(s) | teacher, judge, qadi, sheikh, author, historian, inventor and poet |
Title | Sheikh |
Children | Abdirahman sheekhnuur Axmed Sheekhnuur xalima sheekhnuur Mooge sheekhnuur |
Sheikh Nuur (Somali: Sheekh Nuur, Arabic: شيخ عبد الرحمن شيخ نور) was a Somali Sheikh (religious leader), qādi (judge) of the government at that time and the inventor of the Gadabuursi Script for the Somali language.[1][2]