Geledi and biimaal sultanates

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

How powerful where these sultanates during there eras what regions did they control and what types of activities did they engage in economically knowledgeable people share what you can

 

[Basra]

The Biimaal tribe exists upto today. They must be landher. Are they darood?

 

[NidarNidar]

The Biimaal tribe exists upto today. They must be landher. Are they darood?

They are Dir who moved to the south after the 15/16th century.

How powerful where these sultanates during there eras what regions did they control and what types of activities did they engage in economically knowledgeable people share what you can

The Bimaal hail from the Mahe sub of the Dir, alongside the Surre, Garre and Isaaq,
They are very warlike and migrated to the lower Shabelle after the Ethio-Adal wars, carved up some of most fertile areas in the south, they are agropastoralists and traders, and they are known for fighting against the Italians in Merca for decades, mainly to keep the right to own slaves.

I'm not familiar with the sultanates of the south, the majority of them were more like chiefdoms.