Barkad

The Farah Garad or the Garad Farah ( so, Faarax Garaad, ar, محمد جراد, Full Name:'' ’Farah Shirshore Habarwa Abdullah Muse Said Saleh Abdi Mohamed Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti'' ) is a Somali clan which is part of the Dhulbahante clan-family, a sub-division of the larger Harti/ Darod clan. The Farah Garad are divided into two sub-clans — Yassin Garad and Abdalla Garad. Abdalla has three clan eponyms, Ahmed Garad, Baharsame and Barkad. The large chief caaqil agglomerations including ''Ararsame'' (Reer Hagar & Wa'eys Adan), or the ''Ali Gheri'' xeer group, (including Farah Adan & Odala Samakab). And Yassin Dia Group.

Garad Jama Garad Ali is concurrently the Garad of Farah Garad and the supreme Garad of Dhulbahante, however the largest constituency of clan-head is held by Garad Abdirizak Garaad Soofe, who is the grand garad of the Cali Gheri and Ahmed Garad

Overview

The largest of the farah Garad sub-clans, are ''Ararsame'' (mainly Reer Hagar but also Wa'ays Adan and maybe other dia-paying groups) and the ''Bah Ali Gheri confederation'' including ''Farah Adan'', ''Arale Mahad'' and Odola. Whereas ''Ararsame'' is named after an ancient twin duo.''Reer Khayr'' is named after the Dervish period wadaad fraternity which included several Dhulbahante subclans. The ''Odala'' and ''Egal Naleye'', sometimes collectively named after their uterine lineage ''Bahgeri'', are intermittently categorized under either ''Ararsame'' or ''Bah Cali Gheri Khayr'.

Distribution

The primarily homeland of the clan straddles the Nugaal Valley and the Ciid segments of the Haud plateaus where they inhabit the Sool and Togdheer regions of Somaliland. In particular, they settle in the districts of Las Anod and Buuhoodle. In Ethiopia, the clan has a significant presence in the Dollo Zone, specifically in the woredas of Boh, Danot and Werder.

Garadate seat

Garadate

Groups

* Dharbash, was a Dervish administrative division which was one third Baharsame, a Farah Garad clan.

People

* Cabbaas Xuseen, first prime minister of the Dervish (1895 - 1900); of the Baharsame clan
*Xaashi Suni Fooyaan, peace-time prime minister of the Dervish (1905-1906); of the Baharsame clan
*Soofe-cali Buraale, member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. the government; was of the Baharsame clan
*Cabbane Sugulle, commander of Burcadde-Godwein, a Dervish administrative division

Chief caaqil groups

Barkad

People

There were many notable Barkad people in the Dervish haroun, i.e. its government. These include:
*Jaamac Ismaaciil Dhoon, was a member of the Dervish haroun; of the Barkad clan
*Xareed Duubi Deero, was a member of the Dervish haroun; of the Barkad clan
* Samatar Bullalleh, mentioned in the Geoffrey Archer's 1916 important members of Dervish haroun list

Ararsame twins

People

*Cali Meggar, mentioned in the Geoffrey Archer's 1916 important members of Dervish haroun list

Ali Gheri

The Ali-Gheri garad is whom Bah Ali Gheri caaqils (chieftains) of Farah Garad give deference to, by extension making them a confedaration. The poem by Ali Dhuh confirms that the ''Reer Khayre'' subclan is a ''Dhulbahante'' confederation that consists of Ali Geri, Mahad Adan and Farah Adan, with Dhuh referring to it as a grouping in his poem ''Allahu Akbar''. The Bah Ali Gheri onelings have the largest ''deegaan'' (traditional clan territory) of the Farah Garad clans, stretching some 200 kilometers, from Dhilaalo in the north to Dannood in the south. According to both colonial sources as well as native historians such as Jama Omar Issa, the ''Ali Gheri onelings'' were the clan whom began and started the early camp of Maxkamadaha Dervishta in 1895.

The Ali Gheri clan are particularly known for being the first tribe to adopt the Dervish (Dervish) identity,*
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* and according to professor Ingiriis, the bulk of the Dervish ranks being of the Ali Geri clan, suggested Dervish ideology moved towards "clan solidarity".

Groups

In the following Dervish administrative divisions, at least half comprised ''Bah Ali Gheri'' muqaddims (arbitrators), scouts, clerics, tenders and fighters:

*Ragxun, was a Dervish administrative division which was half Farah Garad, as Bah Cali Geri is a Farah Garad subclan.
*Miinanle, was a Dervish administrative division which was majority Farah Garad, as Cali-geri and Odala & Egal-Naleye are Farah Garad sub-clans.
*Golaweyne, was a Dervish administrative division which was half Farah Garad, as Cali-geri are Farah Garad sub-clans.

People

*Jaamac Cudur, commander of a Garbo Dervish subdivision
*Osman Boss, commander of a Ragxun subdivision
*Aadan Dhacdhaco, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan
*Cabdi Yaar Guuleed, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan
*Maxamuud Cilmi, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan
*Aadan Cawad, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan
*Soofe Durraan, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan
*Mohamud Hosh, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan
*Saliid Baynax, member of Dervish haroun

Clan tree

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and some lineages might be omitted." However, the following summarised clan tree presented below is taken from John Hunt's ''A general survey of the Somaliland Protectorate (1944-1950)'':

* Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti ( Darod)
** Mohamed Abdirahman (Kabalalah)
*** Abdi Mohamed (Kombe)
****Salah Abdi ( Harti)
*****Said Abdi ( Dhulbahante)
******Muse Said
*******Abdale Muse
********Habarwa Abdale
*********Shirshore Habarwa
******Farah 'Garaad' Shirshore
*******Yasin 'Garad' Farah
*******Abdulleh Garad Farah
********Ali 'Garad' Abdulle
********Mohamed 'Garad' Abdulle (Bah'ararsame)
*********Mohamoud 'Garad' Mohamed (Jabane)
**********Mohamed Mohamoud
**********Warsame Mohamoud
**********Liban Mohamoud
**********Sharmarke Mohamoud
********Guleed 'Garaad' Abdulleh (Barkad)
*********Ali Gulled
*********Amir Gulled
*********Mohamoud Gulled
********Ahmed 'Garaad' Abdulleh
*********Samakab Ahmed (Odala)
*********Egal Ahmed (Bahgeri)
*********Warfa Ahmed (Bahgeri)
*********Hassan Ahmed (Bahgeri)
*********Naleye Ahmed (Egal Naleya)
*********Ali'Geri Ahmed (Reer Khayr),
**********Ismail Ali’Geri
**********Hersi Ali’Geri
**********Shawe Ali’Geri
**********Burale Ali’Geri
**********Gulled Ali’Geri
**********Subaan Ali’Geri
*********Adan Ahmed
**********Mahad Adan (Reer Khayr)
**********Farah Adan (Reer Khayr)
**********Wa'eys Adan (Ararsame)
**********Hagar Adan (Ararsame)
***********Gedi Hagar (Bah Ogaden)
***********Addaad Hagar (Bah Ogaden)
***********Warsame Hagar (Bah Ogaden)
***********Elmi Hagar (Bah Ogaden)
***********Amir Hagar (Bah Ogaden)
***********Gulled Hagar (Bah Ogaden)
***********Ayaar Hagar (Bah Warsengali)
***********Fatah Hagar (Bah Warsengali)
***********Adan Hagar (Bah Warsengali)
***********Adan Hagar (Bah Warsengali)
***********Farah Hagar (Bah Warsengali)

Notes

Notable Figures

Prime ministers

* Ali Khalif Galaydh, Ex-Prime minister of Somalia and Khaatumo President.
* Cabbaas Xuseen, first prime minister of the Dervish (1895 - 1900)
*Xaashi Suni Fooyaan, peace-time prime minister of the Dervish (1905-1906)

Leaders

*Mohamed Yusuf Jama, former Khaatumo president
*Saleban Essa Ahmed, SSC Leader and former Somaliland Minister of Health
*Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar, Former Vice President of Puntland.
* Ismail Mire, Shiikhyaale commander, poet.
*Barni Sugulle, female governor of Indhabadan, sister of Faarax Sugulle
*Jaamac Ismaaciil Dhoon, Barkad, Dervish muqaddim

Commanders

*Suleiman Aden Galaydh, Dervish commander at Cagaarweyne
*Xayd Aden Galaydh, Dervish commander at Jidbali

Tribal leaders

*Garad Jama Garad Ali, Traditional Clan Chief of the Dhulbahante Clan.

* Garaad Abdulahi Garaad Soofe, Garad, of the Ahmed Garad, the second most senior chief of the Farah Garad branch of the Dhulbahante Clan.

Enterprisers

*Abdinasir Ali Hassan, Chairman of Hass Petroleum.
*Abdi Holland, Somali artist.
*Ali Dhuh, a great poet a coiner of new Somali words; poetic critic of the Sayid
* Aadan Carab, poet who chronicled colonial-era events; said a Dhulbahante genocide occurred at the hands of European colonialists

Legislative speakers

*Bashe Mohamed Farah, Former Speaker of Somaliland House of Representatives.
*Faarax Sugulle, head of the Dervish haroun

Politicians

* Ali Jangali, Former Somali minister of foreign affairs.
* Ahmed Aidid former Minister of Education.
*Abdiqani Mohamoud Jidhe, Governor of Sool.
*Abokor Seed Cali, member of the Dervish haroun, of the Odala Samakab (Bahgeri Dhulbahante) clan

References

{{Somali clans

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