Rashid Abdillahi

Rashid Abdillahi (, ; 1926 – 1969) was the sixth Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate and reigned from 1967 to 1969, when he was succeeded by his brother Abdiqadir Abdillahi.

Biography

Rashid was born in 1926 in Hargeisa and was the eldest son of Sultan Abdillahi Deria. He was fluent in Somali, Arabic and English. where he helped run the Ministries of Local Government, Social Services, Communications, and Works and National Resources along with three other elected members including Michael Mariano to allow said ministries to gain experience.

After unification he served as the counselor for the Somali Embassy in Saudi Arabia from 1960 to 1964. In October 1968 he led a delegation of the National Assembly on visits to Jordan and Syria, where he met theSyrian Minister of Information Dr. Habib Haddad.

He died in 1969 aged 43 and was succeeded by his brother Abdiqadir Abdillahi, who returned from exile in Kuwait to be crowned.