In the late 17th century, Adeer, who was an Ajuran general at the time, gathered 12,000 members of the
Geledi tribe, under the leadership of Ibrahim Adeer successfully pushed back the
imperial Ajuran army out of
Afgooye. He had united all Maay speaking people,
Digil &
Mirifle clans using both military and diplomatic means. Sultan Ibrahim repeatedly defeated the Ajuran army in numerous battles; marched through what is now known
Bakool and
Bay regions where he defeated the Madanle clan part of the imperial Ajuran confederacy, and
Afgooye where he defeated the
Silcis Dynasty also part of the imperial Ajuran confederacy. He marched towards
Bardheere and
Luuq in
Gedo region where he expelled the
Ajuran clan and established a
garrison in
Dolow. His final conquest when he marched south of
Jubba valley reaching what is now known as
Kismayo and quickly expelling the Ajuran imperial armies and in the process, he had conquered half the entirety of the
Ajuran Empire.
Sultan Ibrahim, who was the son of Adeer Gobroon, thus became the first sultan of the new
dynasty. His son,
Mahamud Ibrahim, would later succeed him atop the throne. ==See also==