The highest ranks of the city's executives were the voivode (governor) and the kadi (judge).
Howgalkan oo ah kii ugu balaarnaa ee ay ciidamada dowladu sameeyaan tan iyo intii ay si buuxda magaalada Muqdisho gacanta ugu dhigeen ayaa wuxuu ka socdaa degmooyin ay kamid yihiin Dayniile, Huriwaa iyo Yaaqshiid.