Garad Jama Garad Ali

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Garad Jama Garad Ali II
Garad of the Dhulbahante
Reign24 April 2006
Coronation14 June 2006
PredecessorGarad Abdiqani Garad Jama
BornLas Anod, Somali Republic (now Somaliland)
FatherGarad Ali Garad Jama

Garad Jama Garad Ali (Somali: Garaad Jaamac Garaad Cali, Arabic: (جراد جامع جراد علي is the supreme traditional clan chief (Garad) of the Dhulbahante. On May, 22, 2006 he was crowned in Las Anod in the presences of a huge crowd of people including high-ranking dignitaries from the Somali Government, Somali Region, Somaliland, and Puntland.

The Garad belongs to a dynastical line of succession that had a continuous hereditary nature for four centuries, except during the Darawiish period.[citation needed] Garad Jama is a vocal advocate for a united Somalia. He has continuously rejected Puntland's overtures or Somaliland's quest for independence[citation needed]. In numerous appearances, the Garad has called for the withdrawal of Puntland and Somaliland troops from the Dhulbahante inhabited regions of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn.[1]

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The Garad Jama of Sool, Sanaag , Cayn & Doollo currently resides in the border town of Sahdheer.[2]

While Garad Jama is supportive of Somali unity, his predecessor, Garad Abdiqani Garad Jama, who led the Dhulbahante delegation in the Grand Conference in Burao in 1991 was first to table the case for secession, and was one of several signatories of the Somaliland Declaration of Independence on behalf of the Dhulbahante.[3][4] Nonetheless, Garad Abdiqani was never fully convinced of Somaliland's secessionist endeavour,[5] and later retracted his support when he participated in the foundation of Puntland in 1998.[6]

Since his coronation, the Garad is actively engaged in peace and reconciliation efforts in the northern Somali regions. He primarily participates and spearheads efforts to resolve conflicts in Somaliland, Puntland state of Somalia and the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The Garad also possess a huge political sway and plays an influential role in the social dynamics of the northern Somalis.

General[]

In the last two decades, Somalia was in anarchy. Government services ceased especially judiciary, law, order and social services. In that lawless state, Somali people turn to their traditional leaders and traditional system for mending the peace and social harmony.

Although, the traditional leaders were unprepared to shoulder all the problems created by the chaos, still practicing traditional ways decreased conflicts between clans especially parts of the country where traditional system practiced. Traditional leaders also succeeded creating local administration that extends social services to the community. He last two decades, Somalia was in anarchy. Government services ceased especially judiciary, law, order and social services.

Traditional leaders worked tirelessly restoring the dignity and state of their people, at last the wish of the elders came true when 135 traditional leaders met Mogadishu May 18, 2012.[7] Garad Jama was one of 135 traditional leaders that attended the meeting and the elders elected him for the chairman of the elders arbitration committee.[8]

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The Coronation[]

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The coronation brought together, for the first time after the collapse of Somali Government in 1991, a large number of politically diverse politicians such as former Somali Prime Minister Ali Khalif Galaydh, the President and the Vice-President of Puntland.

It took place on May 22, 2006, in Geedo-Qarsay Valley, near Las Anod, where Garad Jama's father (Garad Ali aka Ali Garad jama), his uncle (Garad Abdiqani Garad Jama), and his grandfather (Garad Jama) were crowned. The Las-Anoders showed their well-known hospitality to the thousands of guests who attended "the once of a lifetime" ceremony. The audiences were entertained with well-trained horses that were decorated by damasks and embroidery, which manifested the traditional craftsmen and women's hard work based on the rich Somali cultural heritage.

At 10 o'clock the milk was poured into the Garad. Milk is a symbol of peace and eternal prosperity; this act is true to the equilibrium of the virtues of the traditional culture.


Press outlets of varying degrees of conventionality have utilized the abbreviation SSCD (Sool, Sanaag, Cayn, Doollo) for Garad Jama.[9][10][11][12]

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The Dhulbahanate Garadship is presumed to have began in the 16th century with Garad Shishore assuming the royal title in approximately 1530. The current Garad, Garad Jama Garad Ali hails from this long line of succession. The fourth Garad ali was the first garad to dissipate of the hereditary tradition, as he no longer had royal recognition beyond the year 1898, the position being usurped by Diiriye Guure.[13]

Later Garads:

Name Reign From Reign Till
# Garad Jama Garad Ali II 2006 current
# Garad Abdiqani Garad Jama[14] 1985 2006
# Garad Ali Garad Jama V[15] 1966 1985
# Garad Jama "Farah" Garad Ali I[16] 1923 1966
# Garad Aardheel Garad Ali[17] 1921 1923
# Garad Mohamed Garad Ali IV 1920 1920
# Diiriye Guure (nominal) | - Adan Ali Gurey[a] 1905 1920
# [18] 1904 1904
# Diiriye Guure 1898 1903
# Diiriye Guure (joint rule) 1895 1898
# Garad Ali Garad Mohomoud IV [19] 1863 1895-1898
# Garad Mohamoud Garad Ali IV (koore-baas)[20] 1840 1863
# Garad Ali Garad Mohamed III 1825 1840
# Garad Mohamed Garad Ali III 1802 1825
# Garad Ali Garad Mohamoud II 1780 1802
  1. ^ The Darawiish maintained the bilateral garaad guud; although the traditional structures were revamped including for the twelve secondary segmentation chieftains

Earlier Garads:

Name
# Garad Mohamoud Garad Mohamed III
# Garad Mohamed Garad Mohamoud II
# Garad Mohamoud Garad Ali II
# Garad Ali Garad Mohamoud I
# Garad Mohamoud Garad Mohamed (Jabane) I
# Garad Mohamed Garad Abdullah I
# Garad Yasin Garad Abdullah (Abdullah's brother)
# Garad Abdullah Garad Farah I
# Garad Farah Garad Shirshore
# Garad Shirshoore Ugaas Habarwaa

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Garaad Jaamac oo gooddiyay". BBC Somali. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Garaad Jaamac Garaad Cali oo weeraray Somaliland, ammaanayna Puntland iyo dowladda Somalia". 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ Ingiriis, Mohamed Haji (2016-04-01). The Suicidal State in Somalia: The Rise and Fall of the Siad Barre Regime, 1969–1991. UPA. ISBN 978-0-7618-6720-3.
  4. ^ "Annex 1: Resolution from Burao Elders' Meeting" (PDF).
  5. ^ Johnson, Martha; Smaker, Meg (2014). "State Building in De Facto States: Somaliland and Puntland Compared" (PDF). Africa Today. 60 (4): 8–9. doi:10.2979/africatoday.60.4.3. JSTOR 10.2979/africatoday.60.4.3. S2CID 145347480. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ^ Somali Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention (2011). "Safety and security District baseline report: Las Anod": 14. Retrieved 20 September 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ http://www.somaliareport.com/rss.xml
  8. ^ http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/newsbriefs/2012/08/14/newsbrief-03
  9. ^ "Saaxdgeer Ciida Iyo Khudbadii Garaad Jaamac Garaad cali". 23 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Madaxwaynaha Dawlad deegaanka Mustafe Muxumud Cumar ayaa kulan soo dhawayn ah iyo Hadhimo sharafeed u sameeye Garaadka Beesha SSCD Garaad Jamac Garaad Cali" Garaad saleebaan Buraale Adan iyo Caaqil Abdilaahi Hasan Qanbi". 30 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Deg Deg Daawo Gaarad Jamac Gaarad Cali Oo Ka Qeyb Galay AAs Qaran ee Pro Ali Khalif Galaydh – KHAATUMO NEWS".
  12. ^ "Google".
  13. ^ Foreign Department – External-B, August, 1899, No. 33- 234, NAI, New Delhi.
  14. ^ PEACE IN SOMALILAND: An Indigenous Approach to State-Building Burao, Borama, and Sanaag Conferences. In one of the most significant early examples of such an approach, the Dhulbahante’s Garaad Abdiqani initiated talks in the Ethiopian towns of Qararro, Danood, Gashaamo and Gowlalaale in February 19909 with representatives of the Habar Je’lo clan of the Isaaq. A similar conference took place in August of the same year in Gashaamo with the Habar Yoonis.
  15. ^ Political parties and national integration in tropical Africa By jr Rosberg (Carl G.), James S. Coleman page 544. Ali Garad Jama, university educated son of Gerad (Chief) Jama was the main drive behind the USP party formed 1958 in the Dariod center of Lasanod.
  16. ^ Political parties and national integration in tropical Africa By jr Rosberg (Carl G.), James S. Coleman page 545. Gerad jama, Traditional Chief of Bah Arasame Dhulbahante, with authority over the most numerous of Dhulbahante subclans, the Farah Garad, supported the SYL as a protest against the government's local authority system.
  17. ^ Garad Aar Dheel was the closest relative to the Garad Family so he took was a regent Garad since the Royal family wasn't present in the Nogal Valley)
  18. ^ Gaala-leged, poem 78, Diiwaanka gabayadi Sayid Mohamed Cabdullah Xassan
  19. ^ The Collapse of the Somali state, p.29-30. The Mad Mullah of Somaliland, by Douglas Jardine, p.44
  20. ^ Diary and Observations Made by Lieutenant Speke, When Attempting to Reach the Wady Nogal|He has, however, been successfully opposed by Mahmud Ali, the rightful chief of the Dulbahanta family; the southern clans of Haud and beyond the Nogal being more numerous and more powerful than the northern divisions.

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