Gadabuursi Ughazate

[Ghazi]

The Gadabuursi Ughazate or Ugasate (Somali: Ugaasyada ama Boqortooyada Gadabuursi) evolved from and was a successor kingdom to the Adal Sultanate and Sultanate of Harar. The first Ughaz (Ugaas) of this successor kingdom, Ali Makail Dera (Cali Makayl-Dheere) was the son of Makail Dera, the progenitor of the Makayl-Dheere. They ruled a good part of the central Horn of Africa. The Gadabuursi give their King the title of Ughaz. It's an authentic Somali term for King or Sultan. The Gadabuursi in particular are one of the clans with a long tradition of the institution of Sultan.