Dhulbahante garaadship

The Dhulbahante garaadship is a kingdom from 1530. The first Garaad was Garaad Shirshoore.

Diiriye Guure, Dhulbahante Sultan and Darawiish Sultan

Dhulbahante garaadship ceremony.

Diiriye Guure was the first Dhulbahante king to become king through being elected by the people. Diiriye Guure was also the first Dhulbahante monarch to be called sultan. By proclaiming himself Dhulbahante Sultan, Diiriye Guure reunited the Dhulbahante schism created by Ali Harran, also spelled Ali Xaram of the Maxamud Garad subclan, and Garaad Ali III around 7 decades earlier. Diiriye Guure was the first Dhulbahante king whose position was subordinate to someone else, namely the Sayid. Aar Dheel and Diiriye Guure are the only two people who gained the Dhulbahante throne despite not being in the line of succession.

Garaads

#	Garaad	Reign	Notes
1	Shirshoore	1530-1550	Established the Dhulbahante garaadship
2	Garaad Farah	1550-1590
3	Garaad Abdalla II	1590-1600
4	Garaad Yasin	1600-1620
5	Baharsame	1620-1650	Real name was Garad Mohamed I
6	Jabane	1650-1685	Real name was Garad Mohamud
7	Garaad Ali I	1685-1708
8	Garaad Mohamud II	1708-1734
9	Garaad Mohamed II	1734-1760
10	Garaad Mohamud III	1760-1780
11	Garaad Ali II	1780-1802
12	Garaad Mohamed III	1802-1825
13	Garaad Ali III	1825-1840
14	Korebas	1840-1863	Also called the warrior garaad. His real name was Garaad Mohamud IV
15	Garad Ali IV	1863-1896	First Dhulbahante king to be deposed when replaced by Diiriye Guure
16	Diiriye Guure	1897-1918	Diiriye Guure was the first non-inherited Dhulbahante king
17	Aar Dheel	1921-1923	The 2nd Dhulbahante king after Diiriye Guure to not be in the line of succession
18	Garaad Jama I	1923-1966
19	Garad Ali V	1966-1985
20	Garaad Abdiqani	1985-2006
21	Jama Garad Ali	2006-present	Current garaad