title: Daud Mahamed
text: # Daud Mahamed
  
  Daud Mahamed (Somali: Suldaan Daa'uud Suldaan Maxamed, Arabic: داؤد بن محمد بن عبدالقادر) is the ninth and current Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate. He was crowned on 13 February 2021 in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland, a day after his father Sultan Mahamed Abdiqadir died, in a ceremony held beside the grave of his father, per the traditions of the Isaaq.
  
  