Sheikh Madar

Madar Ahmed Shirwac
مدر احمد شروع
Sheikh Madar pictured in Hargeisa
TitleSheikh
Personal
Born1825[1]
Hadayta
Died1918[2]
Resting placeHargeisa, Somaliland
ReligionIslam
ChildrenYusuf Madar, Ali Madar, Omar Madar
EraModern Islamic period
RegionBritish Somaliland, Emirate of Harar / Harar
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari
Main interest(s)Sufism, Social Reformer, Cultivation
TariqaQadiriyya order [2]
Muslim leader
Influenced
  • Sheikh Yusuf Madar, Sheikh Omar Madar, Ali Madar

Madar Ahmed Shirwac, better known as Sheikh Madar (Somali: Sheekh Madar; 1825–1918) was a 19th-century Somali political/religious leader, a social reformer, merchant and a jurist who is known as the founder of Hargeisa.[3][4][5][6] He hailed from the Yunis Nuh division of the wider Sacad Muuse Habr Awal Isaaq clan. His tomb is now a venerated Sufi shrine in the city.[7]

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  2. ^ a b Abdullahi, Abdurahman (2017-09-18). Making Sense of Somali History: Volume 1. p. 79. ISBN 9781909112797.
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1957. p. 967.
  4. ^ Ficadorey, Gianfranco (2008). "Ha". Basic Reference. 3. NY, USA: Thomson/Gale: 1032. ISBN 9783447052382.
  5. ^ Briggs, Philip (2012). Somaliland with Addis Ababa & Eastern Ethiopia. ISBN 9781841623719.
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  7. ^ Mire, Sada (5 February 2020). Divine Fertility: The Continuity in Transformation of an Ideology of Sacred Kinship in Northeast Africa. p. 151. ISBN 9781138368507.