What is Garaad Abdiqani?
[[File:Garaadka guud ee beesha reer darawiish garaad abdiqani.jpg|thumb|180px|The Garaad Abdiqani, supreme garaad of reer darawiish.]] '''Garaad Abdiqani''' was the twentieth ''garaad guud'' of the [[reer darawiish]] tribe. This means he was the 20th supreme chieftain of the [[reer darawiish]] tribe. During his term, he promoted peace between the Hashi Faction, a Warsangeli and Dhulbahante alliance, and SNM, another Somali group.<ref>Milesi, Maria Cecilia. Negotiating Memory and Forgetting: Customary law and local politics in post-conflict governance. 'Colonel Abdirahman Aw Ali and Garaad Abdiqani Garaad Jama are mentioned by Bradbury (2008) as key “insider mediators”.'</ref> The line of succession returned to the Baharsame lineage after Diiriye Guure became garaad guud of Dhulbahante when Diiriye Guure became Sultan of both Dhulbahante and Darawiish.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUJEAAAAMAAJ&q=deria+gure | title=Sessional Papers | year=1901 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2006 deaths]] [[Category:Somali politicians]] {{bio-stub}}