Mohamoud Ali Shire
| Mohamoud Ali Shire محمود علي شيري |
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26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate
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Portrait of Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire from 1905.
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| Reign | 1897–1960 |
| Predecessor | Gerad Ali Shire (1870–1897) |
| Successor | Sulṭān Abdul Sallan (1960–1997) |
| Born | Las Khorey, Warsangali Sultanate (modern day Somalia) |
| Died | 1960 Badhan, Somalia |
| Dynasty | Warsangali Dynasty |
| Religion | Islam |
26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate
Mohamoud Ali Shire (Somali: Maxamuud Cali Shiire, Arabic: محمود علي شري) was a Somali ruler. He was the 26th Sulṭān of the Warsangali Sultanate, reigning from 1897 to 1960. Along with King Osman Mahamuud of the Majeerteen Sultanate and Sultan Yusuf Ali Kenadid of the Sultanate of Hobyo, Shire was one of the three prominent rulers of present-day Somalia at the turn of the 20th century.
Also known as the Gerad, the Sultan was the sole regent and governor of the sultanate. He also enjoyed many other titles, including "Sovereign of the House of North East of Somaliland Sultanate" and "Sultan of Sultans of Somaliland". However, early rulers of the sultanate never referred to themselves as Sultan. The Sultan title was only later established by Mohamoud Ali Shire in 1897. The dynasty, for its part, is most often referred to as the "Gerad" or the "House of North East Somaliland Sultanate".
In 1896, a power struggle developed between Mohamoud Ali Shire and his father, the powerful Gerad Ali Shire who then ruled the Warsangali Sultanate. The elder Gerad Ali Shire's authority was dwindling and young Mohamoud Ali Shire, with the tacit support of the Isse Garad (Bohogayslabe) sub-clan of the Warsangali Darod, sought to undermine the power of his father. Before then, internal conflict amongst the Warsangali sub-clans had surfaced and had had an effect on Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire and his ascension to power. The disarray caused by the young Mohamoud amongst the Warsangali was finally settled by the proposal that Shire fils should become Sultan, while his father could remain Gerad. Thus, Mohamoud Ali Shire assumed the title of the 20th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate.
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