Habr Yunis Sultanate
Habr Yunis Sultanate | |||||||||||
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| c. 1769–1917 | |||||||||||
Toyo, the first capital of the Habr Yunis | |||||||||||
| Capital | Toyo (first) Burao (last) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Somali · Arabic | ||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Suldaan | |||||||||||
• 1769–1797 | Sugulleh Ainashe | ||||||||||
• 1879–1907 (last) | Nur Ahmed Aman | ||||||||||
• 1910–1917 (last) | Dolal Nur | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | c. 1769 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1917 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||||
The Habr Yunis Sultanate (Somali: Saldanadda Habar Yoonis, Arabic: سلطنة هبر يونس) was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the 18th century. It spanned the territories of the Habr Yunis clan which is part of the wider Isaaq in modern day Somaliland and Ethiopia. The sultanate was governed by the Rer Ainanshe branch of the Habr Yunis clan.