The Gure or Gurre ( Somali: ''Gurre'') is a Somali clan, a sub-clan of the major Dir clan family.

Distribution

The Gurre live in

Liben zone Liben may refer to: * Liben, East Shewa, Oromia, a woreda in Ethiopia * Liben, Guji, Oromia, a woreda in Ethiopia * Liben Zone in the Somali Region of Ethiopia ** Liben, Somali, a woreda in the Liben Zone * Libeň, Cadastral area and district of P ...

and

Afder zone Afder ( so, Afdheer) is one of the eleven Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Afder is bordered on the southwest by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Nogob Zone, ...

. They dominate the districts, Qarsadula, Gorobakaks and Guradamol, which are named after the Gurre clan, but also live in Elkare, Afder and West-Imi districts.

Clan tree

Gurre has seven sub tribes namely Libano, Waju, Dhanqe, Jaarso, Yaco, Ya'ambabo and Eejo. The following listing is taken from the

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's ''Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics'' from 2005 and the

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's Home Office publication, ''Somalia Assessment 2001''.Worldbank,
Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics
', January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p. 55 Figure A-1Country Information and Policy Unit, Home Office, Great Britain, Somalia Assessment 2001, Annex B: Somali Clan Structure
, p. 43 * Dir ** Issa ** Gadabuursi **

Biimaal Overview The Biimaal or Bimal, is a sub-clan of the major Dir clan family. This clan is widely known for leading a resistance against the colonials in southern Somalia for decades which can be compared to the war of the Sayyid in Somaliland. Th ...

"Bimal" ** Surre **Isaaq ** Quranyow of the

Garre The Garre (also Gurreh, Karre, "Binukaaf") ( Somali: ''Reer Garre'', Arabic: بنو كاف, romanized: ''Banī kāf'' ) is a major Somali clan whose origins trace back to Samaale who traces the lineage from the Arabian Peninsula through Aqiil ...

"Gorajno" **

Gurgura The Gurgure, Gorgorah or Gurgura ( so, Gurgure, om, Gurgura, ar, غرغرة) is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family. Distribution The Gurgure are the majority in the Erer district in the Sitti Zone and Dire Dawa. ...

"Gurgure" ** Garrire "Gerire" ** Bajimal "Bajumal" ** Barsuug "Bursuk" **Gurre''Goorre''

Notable figures

Ahmed Shide Ahmed Shide or Ahmed Shidde ( so, Axmed Shiide), is a Somali-Ethiopian politician and the former chair of the somali political party of the Somali regional state. He is a member of the Federal parliament and was a member of the ruling party Ethi ...

* Juneid Mohammed

References

{{Reflist Somali clans Somali clans in Ethiopia