The Ibran ( so, Cibraan or ''Cimraan'', ar, عمران, Full Name: ''Muhammad ('cimran) ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad'') is a major clan of the wider

Isaaq The Isaaq (also Isaq, Ishaak, Isaac) ( so, Reer Sheekh Isxaaq, ar, بني إسحاق, Banī Isḥāq) is a Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. Pe ...

clan family. Ibran had two sons, Egale And Yonis. Yonis's son Mohamed have two sons Abdalle, and Essa. Its members form part of the larger Habr Je'lo confederation along with the Muse Sheikh Ishaaq,

Sanbuur The Sanbur ( so, Sanbuur, ar, صنبور, Full Name: ''Ibrāhīm ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad'') is a major clan of the wider Isaaq clan family. Its members form part of the larger Habr Habusheed confederation along with the Habr Je'lo, ...

and Tol Je'lo clans. Politically however, the Ibran are part of the Habr Je'lo. The clan primarily inhabits the

Togdheer Togdheer ( so, Togdheer, ar, تُوْجْدَيْر, Tūjdayr) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in central Somaliland. Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex to the west, Saaxil to the north, Sanaag to the northeast, Sool to the east a ...

region of Somaliland, ( war imran district is their largest city ) as well as the

Somali Region The Somali Region ( so, Deegaanka Soomaalida, am, ሱማሌ ክልል, Sumalē Kilil, ar, المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (''Western Somalia'') and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional stat ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'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 ...

History

Sheikh Ishaaq ibn Ahmed was one of the Arabian scholars that crossed the sea from Arabia to the Horn of Africa to spread Islam around 12th to 13th century. He is said to have been descended from Prophet Mohammed's daughter

Fatimah Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, ...

. Hence the Sheikh belonged to the

Ashraf Sharīf ( ar, شريف, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef or sherif, feminine sharīfa (), plural ashrāf (), shurafāʾ (), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, fr ...

or Sada, titles given to the descendants of the prophet. He married two local women in Somaliland that left him eight sons, one of them being Muhammad (Imran). The descendants of those eight sons constitute the Isaaq clan-family.

Distribution

The Ibran primarily reside in

region in Somaliland, as well as the

. They also have a large settlement in

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where they are known as a constituent segment of the Isahakia community.

Notable figures

* Bashe Awil Omar - former Deputy Foreign Minister of Somaliland as well as former Somaliland ambassador to

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and the

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

* Ibrahim Ismail sugulle ( sooraan) - was a famous poet, comedian and composer. * Aqil yare- was the clan's chief and famous elder during colonial era. * General burale muhumed willad - brigadier general of Somalia. * Hassan mo'allim - former presidential minister. * Jama Abdillahi biin - former governor of togdheer region and state minister. * Mohamed nafaqo , the incumbent governor of the togdheer region. * Guled Mohamed warsame - member of SOMALILAND parliament. * General jama madaxyar - was somaliland's chief of intelligence agency. * Shiine falliidh - the deputy leader of mideeye political party * General Ismael Ali farah- the eastern military court leader * Abdinassir omer : deputy minister of MOFA. * Yusuf Osman Abdulle ( shacir) a well known poet and socialist.

References

{{reflist Somali clans Somali clans in Ethiopia