- Yusuf Ali Keenadid
Yusuf Ali Keenadid was the founder of the
Sultanate of Hobyo .This sultanate in what is today the state of
Galmudug , which seeks to be one of the constituent federated states ofSomalia was founded in the 1880s.Initially Keenadid's goal was actually to take control of the neighboring
Majarteen Sultanate . However this was not working and by 1888 he had entered into a treaty with the Italians making his realm an Italian protectorate.
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