Ayr ( so, Cayr or Ceyr), Muhammad Madarkicis

Hiraab The Hiraab is a Somali clan of the larger Hawiye. The are decendents of gorgaarte hawiye. Gorgaarte hawiye is part of six major hawiye clans. Members live in central and southern Somalia, from Galkayo to kismaayo. They are also present in Ethiopi ...

is a

Somali clan The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, ar, صوماليون) are an ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The Lowland East Cushitic Somali language is the shared mo ...

, part of the larger

Habar Gidir The Habar Gidir (Somali: Habar Gidir, Arabic: هبر جدير) is a major subclan of the Hawiye. The clan has produced many prominent Somali figures, including the first Prime Minister of Somalia Abdullahi Issa Mohamud and Somalia's fifth Presid ...

Hawiye The Hawiye ( so, Hawiye, ar, بنو هوية, it, Hauija) is the largest Somali clan family. Members of this clan traditionally inhabit central and southern Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia (Somali, Harar, Oromia and Afar regions) and the Nort ...

clan.

Clan tree

Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hawiye clan genealogical tree in ''The Invention of Somalia'': *

Samaale Samaale, also spelled Samali or Samale ( so, Samaale) is traditionally considered to be the oldest common forefather of several major Somali clans and their respective sub-clans. His name is the source of the ethnonym ''Somali''.. As the purported ...

** Irir ***

**** Gugundhabe ***** Baadicade **** Gorgate *****

****** Mudulood ******* Abgaal ******** Harti ********* Angonyar ********* Warsangeli ********* Abokor ******** Wabudhan ********* Da'oud ********* Rer Mattan ********* Mohamed Muse ******** Wa'esli ******* Wacdaan ******* Moobleen ******* Ujajeen ****** Duduble ******

******* Sacad ******* Saleebaan ******* Ayr ******* Saruur *******Sifaadle

Prominent figures

* Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, president of Somalia from 2000 to 2004 *

Hasan Adan Samatar Hasan Adan Samatar ( so, Xasan Aadan Samatar, ar, حسن اذن ساماتار) (b. May 23, 1953 in Diinsoor, Somalia) is a prominent Somali singer, guitarist and theatrical performer. Biography Samatar was born to an artistic family in Dins ...

, Somali singer, guitarist and theatrical performer *

Magool Magool ( so, Xaliimo Khaliif Cumar, (May 2, 1948 – March 19, 2004), born Halima Khaliif Omar, was a Somali singer. Early years Magool was born in the city of Dhuusamareeb the capital of the Galgaduud region in central Somalia to Cayr, Hawiy ...

, Somali singer *

Yusuf Garaad Omar Yusuf Garaad Omar ( so, Yuusuf Garaad Cumar, ar, يوسف جراد عمر) (born 26 June 1960 in Mogadishu) is a Somali journalist, diplomat and politician. He previously served as Somalia ambassador to the United Nations and was a senior advi ...

, Somali journalist, diplomat and politician, Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs * Aden Hashi Farah, former leader of al-Shabaab, the youth movement of the Islamic Courts Union *

Hassan Dahir Aweys Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (English: ( so, Xasan Daahir Aweys, ( ar, حسن طاهر أويس; born 1935) is a Somali political figure from the Habargidir/Ayr subclan within the Hawiye clan. During the regime of Siad Barre, Aweys was a colonel i ...

, head of the 90-member

Shura Shura ( ar, شُورَىٰ, translit=shūrā, lit=consultation) can for example take the form of a council or a referendum. The Quran encourages Muslims to decide their affairs in consultation with each other. Shura is mentioned as a praisewort ...

council of the Islamic Courts Union, Leader Hizbul Islam *

Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade Yusuf Mohammed Siad Indhacade, ( so, Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad "Indhacadde") aka "Inda'ade" (White Eyes) was a Somali islamist and former Minister. In 2011 he was a General in the Somali National Army. He hails from the Ayr sub-clan, part of the Hab ...

, head of security affairs for the Islamic Courts Union, Somali defence minister (TFG). * Mahad Mohamed Salad, State Minister for Presidential Palace

References

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