{{for|the mansa of the Malian Empire|Mahmud IV (mansa)}} {{Infobox royalty | name =Mahamud Hawadane <br /> محمود | title =Sultan of the Majeerteen Sultanate | image = | caption = | reign =?–1815 | coronation = | full name = | predecessor =— | successor =`Uthman II | dynasty =Majeerteen dynasty | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | religion =Islam |}} '''Mahmud IV''' ({{langx|so|Maxamuud IV}}, {{langx|ar|محمود}}), also known as Mahamud Hawadane (''Xawadane''),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://horseedmedia.net/2012/04/24/bulsho-waxay-wax-ku-tahay-jiritaankii-iyo-sumaddii-awooweyaashood-maqaal/ |title=Bulsho waxay wax ku tahay jiritaankii iyo sumaddii Awooweyaashood [Maqaal] |website=horseedmedia.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719052455/http://horseedmedia.net/2012/04/24/bulsho-waxay-wax-ku-tahay-jiritaankii-iyo-sumaddii-awooweyaashood-maqaal/ |archive-date=2012-07-19}} </ref> was a Somali ruler. He was among the earliest Sultans of the Majeerteen Sultanate.

==Reign== The Majeerteen Sultanate was established around 1800 CE by Somalis from the Majeerteen Harti Darod clan.<ref name="Wsts">{{cite web|title=Somali Traditional States|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia_native.html|publisher=Worldstatesmen|accessdate=17 May 2015}}</ref> It reached prominence during the 19th century, under the reign of the resourceful Boqor (King) Osman Mahamuud.<ref name="Metz">Helen Chapin Metz, ed., ''Somalia: a country study'', (The Division: 1993), p.10.</ref>

Mahmud IV reigned from an unknown date of accession to 1815. He was succeeded atop the throne by `Uthman II.<ref name="Wsts"/>

==See also== *Somali aristocratic and court titles

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Category:Ethnic Somali people Category:19th-century Somali people Category:Majeerteen Sultanate Category:Somali sultans