What is Ali Garaad Jama?
[[File:Garaadka guud ee Reer Darawiish Ali Garaad Jama.png|thumb|180px|The Garaad Ali Garaad Jama, supreme garaad of reer darawiish.]] '''Ali Garaad Jama''' was the nineteenth ''garaad guud'' of the [[reer darawiish]] tribe from 1966 until 1985. This means he was the 19th supreme chieftain of the [[reer darawiish]] tribe. During his term he signed the papers where north Somalia declared independence from England. He died in Egypt in 1985. He was the only Somali clan leader with college education.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Issa-Salwe |first1=Abdisalam |title=The Collapse of the Somali State: The Impact of the Colonial Legacy |date=1996 |page=84 |quote=Another well - known leader was the nationalist Garaad of the Dhulbahante , Ali Garaad Jama , who died whilst in exile in Egypt in the early 1980s . Garaad Ali ( also known as Garaad of the Harti ) was one of the few traditional Somali clan leaders with college education. The MOD alliance became a political instrument whose effect was to build .}}</ref> He was known for his improvements to the Somali alphabet.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WahTAQAAQBAJ&dq=ali+garaad+jama&pg=PA159 | title=Islam in Tribal Societies: From the Atlas to the Indus | isbn=9781134565276 | last1=Ahmed | first1=Akbar S. | date=16 October 2013 }}</ref> The line of succession returned to the Baharsame lineage after Diiriye Guure became garaad guud of Dhulbahante when Diiriye Guure became Sultan of 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:1910 births]] [[Category:1985 deaths]] [[Category:Somali politicians]] {{bio-stub}}