Gerad Ali Gerad Mohamoud (, ) ''(Ali Dable),'' was the 13th Sultan of the
Warsangali Sultanate
The Warsangali Sultanate (, ), was a Somali imperial ruling house centered in northeastern and in some parts of southeastern Somalia. It governed an area historically known as Maakhir. The sultanate was ruled in the 19th century by the influentia ...
, reigning from 1491 to 1503. He earned the nickname Ali Dable (the word “Dable” in the Somali language means "the one armed with fire"). After returning from an exile in Yemen, Sultan Ali brought along with him a shipload of small guns and cannon fire. Sultan Ali Dable first managed to invade the Dhulbahante territory, and allied himself with Dhulbahante rebels to defeat the Gerad of Dhulbahante's troops in the Battle of Garadag. In 1540, the sultan sent a contingent of 300 troops to Abyssinia to participate in the conquest. The Arab chronicler, Sihab ad-Din, who was an eyewitness in many of the battles to conquer Abyssinia, compares the 300 Harti army to a famous Arab knight whose name was Hamzah al-Jufi. Dable was succeeded as Sultan by his eldest son,
Garaad Liban.
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Somali aristocratic and court titles
This is a list of Somali aristocratic and court titles that were historically used by the Somali people's various sultanates, Realm, kingdoms and empires. Also included are the honorifics reserved for Islamic notables as well as traditional leader ...
References
Warsangeli Sultanate
External links
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Somali sultans
15th-century Somali people