1. Abdullahi Ali Sadiq known as Abdullahi Sadiq al-Harari was an influential Harari-Ethiopian businessman and governor for Ogaden whose peaceful jurisdiction spread beyond today's Ethiopia.
12 Facts About Abdullahi Sadiq
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Abdullahi Sadiq was an orphan whose Treasury inheritance Rites have been restored from the Barkhlay guardian and gained the confidence by the Abyssinian Emperor Menelik II and was sent as an envoy to leader of the Dervish state, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan.
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Abdullahi Sadiq is the Prince of Overseers and or Commerce, aka Sovereign Treasurer - from Harar - to Emperor Menelik II.
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Abdullahi Sadiq is sent to the United States of America by Emperor Menelik II as evidenced by New York Times of November 26,1905.
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Abdullahi Sadiq is regarded as leader of the Muslims of Harar and helped then governor of Hararghe, Haile Selassie foster good relations between Muslims and Christians within the province.
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Abdullahi Sadiq became land administrator in Harar under governor Ras Makonnen in 1889 but was suspended a year later.
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Abdullahi Sadiq then became Prince of Overseers and or Commerce which brought him to the United States of America in 1905.
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Abdullahi Sadiq was assigned governorship of Ogaden by Lij Iyasu in 1914.
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Iyasu used Abdullahi Sadiq to interact with Dervish leader Mohammed Hassan, which would lead to an alliance between the Dervish and Ethiopian Empire.
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British officer Charles Doughty-Wylie claimed Iyasu's appointment of Abdullahi Sadiq was signs the Ethiopian government was shifting towards an anti British policy.
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Abdullahi Sadiq was accused of being an international pan Islamic conspirator against the British empire, evidenced by his attempts to reach out to the Emir of Afghanistan.
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Abdullahi Sadiq was later released from prison, however prior to his release he was allegedly poisoned under the orders of Haile Selassie and died in 1920.