Sultan Dolal Nur (; 1856–1917) was a Somali ruler and the 6th

sultan Sultan (; ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be use ...

of the

Habr Yunis Sultanate The Habr Yunis Sultanate (, ) was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the 18th century. It spanned the territories of the Habr Yunis clan which is part of the wider Isaaq in modern day Somaliland and Ethiopia. The su ...

during the late nineteenth century.

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Dolal was crowned by the elders of the Habr Yunis after his father Nur Ahmed Aman died in the Dervish camp. His grand-uncle Sultan Hersi's death caused a decade-long civil war when his father Nur was crowned Sultan and his great uncle Awad Sultan Deriyeh and eldest living son of sultan Deriyeh declared himself a rival sultan in 1881. The two Sultans were now at war with each other and divided the Kingdoms territory between themselves, with Nur being based in the Toyo plains and Awd establishing himself at

Burao Burao, also spelt Bur'o or Bur'ao (; , , ), is the capital of the Togdheer region and the second largest city in Somaliland. Burao was the site of the Somaliland Declaration of Independence, declaration of an independent Somaliland on 18 May 19 ...

. In the 1890s Sultan Awad Deria was killed in a battle which resulted in Sultan Nur facing no opposition and was the sole ruler of the Habr Yunis Sultanate up until he started the Dervish uprising, which resulted in his uncle Madar Hersi being crowned. The Habr Yunis were now divided into two factions: pro-Dervish and anti-Dervish, the former being ruled by Sultan Nur and the latter the newly crowned Sultan Madar. With the Dervish defeat none of Dolal's heirs succeeded him leaving Madar's descendants as the undisputed Sultans of the Habr Yunis.''British Somaliland'' by Drake Brockman, p. 79 - 82, 1912

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{{Reflist Somali sultans Somalian Muslims 19th-century Somali people 19th-century monarchs in Africa

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