Sheikh Madar (right) pictured in Hargeisa alongside Suldan Diiriya Cawale
Title
Sheikh
Personal
Born
1825[1]
Berbera, Isaaq Sultanate
Died
1918[2]
Hargeisa, British Somaliland
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]
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Abdul Qadir Gilani, Abadir Umar ar-Rida, Kabir Khalil (teacher)
Influenced
Sheikh Yusuf Madar, Sheikh Omar Madar
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.
^ abAbdullahi, 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.
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