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Sheikh Abdurahman Sh. Nur

Sheikh Abdurahman Sh. Nur is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sheikh Abdurahman Sh. Nur rather than just read about it. In short: Sheikh Nuur (Somali: Sheekh Nuur, Arabic: شيخ عبد الرحمن شيخ نور) was a Somali Sheikh (religious leader), qādi (judge) of the government at that time and the inventor of the Gadabuursi Script for the Somali language. Biography Sh.

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Reference excerpt

Sheikh Nuur (Somali: Sheekh Nuur, Arabic: شيخ عبد الرحمن شيخ نور) was a Somali Sheikh (religious leader), qādi (judge) of the government at that time and the inventor of the Gadabuursi Script for the Somali language.

Biography Sh. Nuur was born in [saylac and grew up in Borama and was of royal lineage, Ugaas of Samaroon ( gadabuursi ) makayl dheere of the Gadabuursi. Growing up he was a Qur'anic teacher in the British Somaliland protectorate. His father Sheikh warsame was a well-known and notable figure and was a qādi for many years. He was a learned or knowledgeable man, in particular when it came to the history of his own clan, the Gadabuursi. Sheikh 'nuur would later follow in his father's footsteps by also becoming a qādi, albeit of the entire northern British Somaliland region. In 1933, Sheikh Nuur devised a quite phonetically accurate new orthography for transcribing the Somali language. While the script enjoyed considerable currency in his home region, the Sheikh harbored no illusions as to its widespread adoption, writing in a publication of his wherein he employed the script itself that "I publish it here with no intention of attempting to contribute to the already abundant confusion in the choice of a standard orthography for Somali".

See also Gadabuursi Script Osmanya script Kaddare script Somali alphabet Wadaad's writing Osman Yusuf Kenadid Shire Jama Ahmed Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare

Notes

References David D. Laitin, Politics, language, and thought: the Somali experience, (University of Chicago Press: 1977) Lewis, I. M. (1958-01-01). "The Gadabuursi Somali Script". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 21 (1/3): 134–156. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00063278. JSTOR 610496.

External links Osmanya, Borama, Wadaad's writing and the Somali language The Gadabuursi Somali Script - qasidas in Gadabuursi/Borama

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In research: Sheikh Abdurahman Sh. Nur appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
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In the classroom: Sheikh Abdurahman Sh. Nur is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Creators of writing systems, Ethnic Somali people, Gadabuursi, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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