Maqaddinkii xeebaha berri-soomaal

This book is about the biography of Haji Shermarke Ali Saleh (1776-1861), a remarkable person with astounding career, who wielded wide political and economic influence in the northern coast of the present day Somaliland and the nearby regions during the first half of the nineteenth century. European travelers and administrators sometimes dubbed him as "the Political Boss of the Somali Coast" and "the Principal Native Authority". He was the ruler of Zeila during Richard Burton's perilous trip to Harar whereby he hosted him in Zeila.