The Hiraab is a
Somali clan
The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ar, ุตูู
ุงูููู) 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 m ...
of the larger
Hawiye
The Hawiye ( so, Hawiye, ar, ุจูู ูููุฉ, 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 Nor ...
. The are decendents of gorgaarte hawiye. Gorgaarte hawiye is part of six major hawiye clans. Members live in central and southern
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
, from
Galkayo
Galkayo ( so, Gaalkacyo, ar, ุฌุงููุนูู Dr Badal Kariye Ba Bsit Ma Mba & Phd, ''The Kaleidoscopic Lover: The Civil War in the Horn of Africa & My Itinerary for a Peaceful Lover'', (AuthorHouse: 2010), p.116.) which in Af- Somali translates t ...
to
kismaayo
Kismayo ( so, Kismaayo, Maay: ''Kismanyy'', ar, ููุณู
ุงูู, ; it, Chisimaio) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region.
The city is situa ...
. They are also present in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, แขแตแฎแตแซ, รtiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
and
Kenya
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. Most of them, such as the
Abgaal,
Habar Gidir
The Habar Gidir (Somali: Habar Gidir, Arabic: ูุจุฑ ุฌุฏูุฑ) 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 Presi ...
,
Duduble
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 ...
and
Sheekhaal
The Sheekhaal (var. Sheikhaal ( ar, ุดูุฎุงู), also known as Fiqi Omar, is a Somali clan. They inhabit Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and with considerable numbers also found in the North Eastern Province (Kenya), Northern Frontier District (NFD ...
live in
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, ู
ูุฏูุดู ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
. They once formed a kingdom which successfully revolted and was led by the Abgaal and habargidir subclan against the
Ajuran Sultanate
The Ajuran Sultanate ( so, Saldanadda Ajuuraan, ar, ุณูุทูุฉ ุงูุฃุฌูุฑุงููุฉ), also natively referred-to as Ajuuraan, and often simply Ajuran, was a Somali Empire in the Middle Ages in the Horn of Africa that dominated the trade in the ...
which was another hawiye clan called gambeele and established an independent
Hiraab Imamate
The Hiraab Imamate ( so, Saldanadda Hiraab) also known as the Yacquubi Dynasty was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the late 17th century and 19th century until it was incorporated into Italian Somaliland. The Imama ...
, which included
Hobyo
Hobyo (; so, Hobyo), is an ancient port city in Galmudug state in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.
Hobyo was founded as a coastal outpost by the Ajuran Empire during the 13th century.Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: ...
.
[Lee V. Cassanelli, The shaping of Somali society., Philadelphia, 1982,] According to
Bernhard Helander of
Uppsala University
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...
, "the Imam of Hiraab is a hereditary position that traditionally is held by a person of the
first-born branch, the Mudulood."
Hiraab sub-clans
Ali Jimale Ahmed
Ali Jimale Ahmed ( so, Cali Jimcaale Axmed ) is a Somali poet, essayist, scholar, and short story writer. He hails from the Abgaal sub clan of Hawiye
Biography
Ahmed holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Current ...
outlines the Hiraab clan genealogical tree in ''The Invention of Somalia'':
Clans in Somalia Report on a Lecture by Joakim Gundel
COI Workshop Vienna, 15 May 2009 (Revised Edition) published December 2009
*Hiraab.
**Mudulood Hiraab
***Maxamed Mudulod (udugeen)
***Udeejeen Mudulood
***Wa'weynte Mudulood
***Darandoole Mudulood
****Hilibi Darandoole
****Isman Darandoole
*****Wa'dan Isman
*****Moble'in Isman
*****Abgaal Isman
******Harti
******Wa'budhan
******Wa'aysle (Warculus)
**Madarki'is Hiraab (HabarGidir)
***Saruur
***Sa'ad
***Ayr
***Saleban
***Sifadle
**Mahamuud Hiraab ( Duduble )
***Maqalsame
***Arsade
***Maxamed camal
***Habar awr wadeen
***Celi
***Bisin
***Qadhoob
***Daud
**Martiile or Mohamed Hiraab (Sheekhaal)
***Qutub
***Loobage
***Gandarshe
***Gudle
***Cali Cafiif
***Sheekhaal Jazeera
***Sheekhaal Jazeera
***Cabdisamad
***Reer Aw Sacid
References
Mudulood Hiraab
''daruur.com''.
{{Somali clans
Hawiye clan
Somali clans in Ethiopia