What is Garad Ali IV?
'''Garaad Ali IV''' was the fifteenth ''garaad guud'' of the [[reer darawiish]] tribe. This means he was the 15th supreme chieftain of the [[reer darawiish]] tribe.<ref>http://www.abtirsi.com/view.php?person=725</ref> He was the only Somali tribal leader not to have signed a treaty with a colonial power.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://piracyreport.com/index.php/post/2715/The_Quest_for_Somali_Self-Governance|title=SomaliaReport: The Quest for Somali Self-Governance|access-date=2020-11-14|archive-date=2020-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114135447/https://piracyreport.com/index.php/post/2715/The_Quest_for_Somali_Self-Governance|url-status=dead}}</ref> After his disagreements with the Sayid, Garaad Ali IV was replaced as the Dhulbahante king with Diiriye Guure in 1897.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Salwe |first1=Cabdisalaam |title=The Collapse of the Somali State |date=1996 |isbn=9781874209270 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ONotAQAAIAAJ&q=%22garaad+ali%22+colonial |quote=Garaad Ali Garaad Mahamud , Sultan of Bah - Ararsame Dhulbahante clan , whose people lived in Nugaal , felt uneasy at the expanding power of the Sayid}}</ref> Because of disagreements, the Sayyid named Diiriye Guure as Dhulbahante Sultan instead of Garaad Ali IV, and Diiriye Guure afterwards became Dhulbahante Sultan and Darawiish Sultan at the same time.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wedeman |first1=Nicholas |title=Ethnicity and Territorial Conflict in Greater Somalia |date=1989 |page=38 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2XFmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22garad+ali%22+colonial |quote=His followers assassinated a Dulbahante leader , Garad Ali Farah , who had refused to ally himself with Sayyid}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1840s births]] [[Category:1899 deaths]] [[Category:Somali politicians]] {{bio-stub}}