Madar Ahmed Shirwac مدر احمد شروع | |
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.jpg) Sheikh Madar (right) pictured in Hargeisa alongside Suldan Diiriya Cawale | |
| Title | Sheikh |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1825[1] |
| Died | 1918[2] |
| Resting place | Hargeisa, Somaliland |
| Religion | Islam |
| Children | Yusuf Madar, Ali Madar, Omar Madar |
| Era | Modern Islamic period |
| Region | British Somaliland, Emirate of Harar / Harar |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism, Social Reformer, Cultivation |
| Tariqa | Qadiriyya order [2] |
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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 that was instrumental in the modern foundation of Hargeisa.[3][4][5] 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.[6]
- ^ Abdullahi, Abdurahman (2017-09-18). Making Sense of Somali History: Volume 1. p. 80. ISBN 9781909112797.
- ^ a b Abdullahi, Abdurahman (2017-09-18). Making Sense of Somali History: Volume 1. p. 79. ISBN 9781909112797.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1957. p. 967.
- ^ Ficadorey, Gianfranco (2008). "Ha". Basic Reference. 3. NY, USA: Thomson/Gale: 1032. ISBN 9783447052382.
- ^ Briggs, Philip (2012). Somaliland with Addis Ababa & Eastern Ethiopia. ISBN 9781841623719.
- ^ Mire, Sada (5 February 2020). Divine Fertility: The Continuity in Transformation of an Ideology of Sacred Kinship in Northeast Africa. p. 151. ISBN 9781138368507.