Barkhad Ali Salah
Somali politician and historian
Barkhad Ali Salah | |
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برخاد علي صالح | |
Mayor of Bosaso | |
In office 1959–1963 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1930s Bosaso, Somalia |
Died | 2016 Bosaso, Somalia |
Barkhad Ali Salah (Somali: Barkhad Cali Saalax, برخاد علي صالح; 1930s–2016) was a veteran Somali politician and historian. He served as the first mayor of Bosaso.[1][2][3]
Background
Salah was born in 1938 in Bosaso, located in the northeastern Bari region. He hailed from the Dishiishe, a sub-clan of the Darod. Salah had 13 children. His firstborn was a daughter, Baxsan Barkhad, and his lastborn was a son, Osman Barkhad.
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