Sultan Mohamed Sultan Farah Sultan mahad Suldaan Maxamed Suldaan Faarax سلطان محمد بن فارح | |
Sultan of the Arap | |
Reign: | 1940s - 2000s |
Predecessor: | Sultan Farah |
Successor: | Sultan Umar Sultan Mohamed |
Birth Date: | 1921 |
Birth Place: | Naasa Hablood |
Death Date: | 2003 |
Death Place: | Hargeisa |
Religion: | Sunni Islam |
Sultan Mohamed Sultan Farah (Somali: Suldaan Maxamed Suldaan Faarax, Arabic: سلطان محمد بن فارح) (1921–2003) was the sultan for the Arap clan, part of the wider Isaaq clan family and the first traditional leader to join the Somali National Movement.[1] An influential figure who commanded the 10th division of the SNM and lead the demobilization process of the organisation in Somaliland.[2] The Arap's decision to demobilise applied pressure on other clans to follow suit.[3] playing an instrumental role in the Somaliland peace process.
The Somaliland government sought unify SNM armed factions to ensure demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants into society.[4] [5]
In early 1994, a well-staged ceremony was held in the Hargeysa football stadium, whereby Somaliland which clans publicly hand over their weapons to the government led by Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal.