Madar Ahmed Shirwac, better known as Sheikh Madar (Somali: Sheekh Madar; 1825–1918) was a 19th-century Somali political/religious leader, a social reformer...

Somaliland portal Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Madar (Somali: Sheekh Ibraahim Sheekh Yuusuf Sheekh Madar) (died on 23 July 2004) served as the elected...

advised Sheikh Madar to establish a Qadiriyya tariqa commune in present-day Hargeisa and spread the teachings he was taught, which lead Sheikh Madar and his...

Sheikh Madar Ahmed Shirwac, credited with the early growth of and as the founding father of modern Hargeisa Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Madar,...

leader of the Habr Awal Sheikh Madar Ahmed Shirwac, credited with the early growth of Hargeisa Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Madar, served as the elected...

Sultan Deria Hassan had chosen not to join after receiving counsel from Sheikh Madar. He addressed early tensions between the Saad Musa and Eidagale upon...

come to debate the leading Qadiriyya sheikhs of Berbera including Aw Gaas and Xaaji Ibrahim Xirsi. Sheikh Madar, the leader of Somali Qadiriyya was invited...

death. This led Sheikh Madar and his companions to found the Big Commune (Jama’a weyne) of Little Harar (Hargeisa) in circa 1860. Sheikh Madar also started...

Ethiopia Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Leader of Adal Sultanate Sheikh Madar Shirwa, Somali Sheikh who founded Hargeisa Amha Selassie, Emperor of the Ethiopian...

regularly exacted tribute from the Isaaq sub-clans. Deria would meet with Sheikh Madar outside Hargeisa in a famous 1870 shir to discuss issues regarding the...