Gerad Ali Dable was the 7th Sultan

Sultan

Sultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...

 of the Warsangali Sultanate from 1491–1503.

Biography

Dable was born in the historical city of Las Khorey

Las Khorey

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 in northern Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

, where he lived until the age of five.

A rebellion within the Warsangali Sultanate then took place, with the Awramale sub-clan of the Warsangali

Warsangali

The Warsangeli , is a Somali clan, part of the Harti confederation of Darod sub-clans...

 Darod

Darod

The Darod is a Somali clan. The father of this clan is named Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, but is more commonly known as Darod. In the Somali language, the word Daarood means "an enclosed compound," a conflation of the two words daar and ood .The Darod population in Somalia lives principally...

 assuming leadership. History tells us that the young prince escaped the rebels when some servants hid him, dispatching him on a boat to Aden

Aden

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 where he would remain until the age of 25.

Dable later earned the nickname of Ali Dable (the word Dable in the Somali language

Somali language

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 means "the one with the fire"), because when he returned to Somalia from exile in Yemen

Yemen

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, he brought along with him cannon

Cannon

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fire.

Legend has it that Dable then managed to get back his hereditary throne and to unite his then divided clan. The Sultan then invaded Dhulbahante

Dhulbahante

The Dhulbahante is a Somali clan, and a part of the larger Harti Darod clan. Members of the clan primarily inhabit the Sool, Nugaal, Sanaag and Ayn regions, the Haud, the port city of Kismayo, as well as other areas in the Jubbada Hoose region of southern Somalia.-Tradition:Currently, there are...

 territory, and allied himself with Dhulbahante rebels to defeat the Gerad of Dhulbahante's troops in the Battle of Garadag.

Dable was succeeded as Sultan by his eldest son, Gerad Liban.

Rulers of the Warsangali Sultanate

Rulers of the Warsangali Sultanate up to and after Gerad Ali Dable:

#	Sultan	Reign Reign A reign is the term used to describe the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation or of a people . In most hereditary monarchies and some elective monarchies A reign is the term used to describe the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office...	Notes
1	Gerad Dhidhin Gerad Dhidhin Gerad Dhidhin , also known as Gerad Abdulahi, was the founder of the Warsangali Sultanate in the late 13th century in the territory of present-day northern Somalia.-History:...	1298–1311	Established the Warsangali Sultanate in the late 13th century.
2	Gerad Hamar Gale	1311–1328	Son of Gerad Dhidhin. Expanded rule into the southern Somali Peninsula.
3	Gerad Ibrahim	1328–1340
4	Gerad Omer	1340–1355
5	Gerad Mohamud	1355–1375
6	Gerad Ciise	1375–1392
7	Gerad Ali Dable	1491–1503	Exiled in Yemen, from where he returned with cannon fire. Defeated the Gerad of Dhulbahante's troops in the Battle of Garadag.
8	Gerad Liban	1503–1525
9	Gerad Yuusuf	1525–1555
10	Gerad Mohamud	1555–1585
11	Gerad Abdale	1585–1612
12	Gerad Ali	1612–1655
13	Gerad Mohamud	1655–1675
14	Gerad Naleye	1675–1705
15	Gerad Mohamed	1705–1750
16	Gerad Ali	1750–1789
17	Gerad Mohamud Ali	1789–1830
18	Gerad Aul	1830–1870
19	Gerad Ali Shire	1870–1897	Father of Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire, with whom he briefly engaged in a power struggle.
20	Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire Mohamoud Ali Shire Mohamoud Ali Shire was a Somali ruler. He was the 20th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate from 1897 to 1960.-Titles: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...	1897–1960	Led the Sultanate during some of its most turbulent years. Fought against and signed treaties with the British. Eventually exiled to the Seychelles Seychelles Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar.... for ignoring imperial entreaties.
21	Sultan Abdul Sallan	1960–1997
19	Sultan Siciid Sultan Abdul Sallan	1997–present

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