Hassan Farah

Sultan Hassan Farah (Somali: Xasan Faarax) was a Somali ruler. He was the third Grand Sultan of the Isaaq

Sultan Hassan Farah
سلطان حسن فارح
3rd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq
Reign1845 - 1870
PredecessorFarah Guled
SuccessorDeria Hassan
DynastyGuled Dynasty
ReligionSunni Islam

Biography

Son of Sultan Farah Guled he was part of the second generation of the Ba Ambaro of the Rer Guled, who are the leading section of the Eidagale Garhajis subclan of Isaaq[1]

Reign

Following a massive conflict between the Ayal Ahmed and Ayal Yunis branches of the Habr Awal over who would control the trade of Berbera, Sultan Hassan brought both the subclans before the holy relic from the tomb of Aw Barkhadle. An item that is said to belong to Bilal Ibn Rabah.

When any grave question arises affecting the interests of the Isaakh tribe in general. On a paper yet carefully preserved in the tomb, and bearing the sign-manual of Belat [Bilal], the slave of one the early khaleefehs, fresh oaths of lasting friendship and lasting alliances are made...In the season of 1846 this relic was brought to Berbera in charge of the Haber Gerhajis, and on it the rival tribes of Aial Ahmed and Aial Yunus swore to bury all animosity and live as brethren.[2]

Lieutenant C.P Rigby in the year 1848 writes

The Hubr Gajis tribe and its different branches are governed by two Sultans, named Sultan Deriah [Habr Yunis Sultan] and Sultan Farah [Eidagale Sultan]: the residence of the latter is at Toro.[3]

See also

References
  1. Carlos-Swayne, Harald. Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia: with supplementary preface on the 'Mad Mullah' risings. pp. 15–20.
  2. "The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 19 p.61-62". 1849.
  3. The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society 1850, Volume 9, p.133
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