The Majeerteen ( so, Majeerteen, ar, ماجرتين; also spelled Majerteen, Macherten, Majertain, or Mijurtin) is a sub-clan. It is one of the major Somali groups, with a vast traditional territory spanning 3 major regions of Somalia:

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Nugaal Nugaal is an intermittent river that runs along the Nugaal Valley. It begins several miles to the west of Sool, and ends at Eyl where the outlet flows into the Indian Ocean. It evaporates at the onset of the hagaa, the Somali dry season. Due to ...

and

Mudug Mudug ( so, Mudug; it, Mudugh) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in north-central Somalia. The population of Mudug is 131,455 as of 2005. Overview Physiographically, Mudug is bordered to the west by Ethiopia,Országismertető - Szomália ...

. From

Bosaso Bosaso ( so, Boosaaso, ar, بوصاصو), historically known as Bender Cassim is a city in the northeastern Bari province ('' gobol'') of Somalia. It is the seat of the Bosaso District. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, the mu ...

down to Garacad, the Majerteen settle in what is literally considered to be the '

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'. They can also be found in

Kismayo Kismayo ( so, Kismaayo, Maay: ''Kismanyy'', ar, كيسمايو, ; 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 situat ...

in southern Somalia. Its members form a part of the Harti

Darod The Darod ( so, Daarood, ar, دارود) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan was Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as ''Darood''. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries ...

clan family, and primarily inhabit the

Puntland Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officially the Puntland State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ar, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a F ...

state of northern

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...

Overview

The Majeerteen Sultanates played an important role in the pre-independence era of Somalia. The Majeerteen also held many other significant government posts in the 1960s and 1970s, and continue to play a key role in Puntland state and Somalia as a whole. For the treaty between the Majeerteen and colonial powers, see "treaties".

Distribution

The Majeerteen are traditionally settled in Somalia's northern regions of

, Nugal and

.Royal African Society, ''African Affairs'', Volume 101, (Oxford University Press: 2002) p.101. They can also be found in

in southern Somalia due to migrations starting in the 19th century along with their fellow members of the larger Harti subclan, the

Dhulbahante The Dhulbahante ( so, Dhulbahante, ar, دلبةنتئ) is a Somali clan family, part of the Harti clan which itself belongs to the largest Somali clan-family — the Darod. They are the traditional inhabitants of the physiographic Nugaal in its ...

Dishiishe The Darod ( so, Daarood, ar, دارود) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan was Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as ''Darood''. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries ...

and

Warsangeli The Warsangali ( so, Warsangeli, ar, قبيلة ورسنجلي) is a major Somali sub clan, part of the Harti clan which itself belongs to one of the largest Somali clan-families - the Darod. In the Somali language, the name Warsangali means ...

. The Majeerteen are traditionally settled in the land in-between Bandar Siyada an ancient port town facing the

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Chann ...

, and Garacad a coastal port town, facing the

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and all the land in between which corresponds to the area encompassing the Horn of Africa. Therefore, the Majerteen are settled in what is literally considered to be 'the Horn of Africa'. Some Majeerteen people are also found in 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 ...

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, specifically in the Dollo Zone near the Somalia border. The Majeerteen are part of Darod subclans within Somalia. The Majeerteen are more commonly found in the cities of

Garowe Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ,

and

Galkacyo Galkayo ( so, Gaalkacyo, ar, جالكعيو 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 ...

which are all regional capitals of

Bari, Somalia Bari ( so, Bari, ar, باري) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in northeastern Somalia.⁹ Overview It is bordered by Sool and Sanaag to the west, Nugal to the south, the Gulf of Aden to the north and the Guardafui Channel to the e ...

, Nugal, Somalia and

respectively. The Osman Mahmud (Cismaan Maxamuud), Omar Mahmud (Cumar Maxamuud), and Isse Mahmoud (Ciise Maxamuud) – comprise the Maxamuud Saleebaan, Muuse Salebaan known as Ugaar Saleebaan is also a major subclan which a 2010 study identifies as both the main division of Majeerteen and a central and unifying entity in Puntland. During the 1960s, the Ali Saleebaan (or Cali Saleebaan), Wadalmuge and Ciise Maxamuud formed a powerful business class in

, while

Siad Barre Mohamed Siad Barre ( so, Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Osmanya script: ; ar, محمد سياد بري; c. 1910 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali head of state and general who served as the 3rd president of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 to 19 ...

exploited a rivalry between the Cali Saleebaan and Cumar Maxamuud in an effort to weaken the Majeerteen in general. Historically, the Cali Saleebaan formed part of a coastal trading network around

, along with other subclans.

Majeerteen Sultanates

Before the famous

Majeerteen Sultanate The Majeerteen Sultanate ( so, Suldanadda Majeerteen 𐒈𐒚𐒐𐒆𐒖𐒒𐒖𐒆𐒆𐒖 𐒑𐒖𐒃𐒜𐒇𐒂𐒜𐒒, lit=Boqortooyada Majerteen, ar, سلطنة مجرتين), also known as Majeerteen Kingdom or Majeerteenia and Migiu ...

there was the Sultanate of Amaanle (Abdirahman Awe) which was overthrown and overtaken by Osman Mahamuud who became the subsequent King and Sultan. The

was founded in the early-16th century. It rose to prominence in the 19th century, under the reign of the resourceful

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('' Boqor'') Osman Mahamuud.

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, ed., ''Somalia: a country study'', (The Division: 1993), p.10. His Sultanate controlled Bari Karkaar, Nugaaal and also central Somalia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The polity maintained a robust trading network, entered into treaties with foreign powers, and exerted strong centralized authority on the domestic front.''Horn of Africa'', Volume 15, Issues 1-4, (Horn of Africa Journal: 1997), p.130.''Transformation towards a regulated economy'', (WSP Transition Programme, Somali Programme: 2000) p.62. Osman Mahamuud's Sultanate was nearly destroyed in the late-1800s by a power struggle between himself and his ambitious cousin,

Yusuf Ali Kenadid Yusuf Ali Kenadid ( so, Yuusuf Cali Keenadiid; 1837 - 14 August 1911) was a Somali Sultan. He was the founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo in April 1878. He was succeeded atop the throne by his son Ali Yusuf Kenadid. Family Yusuf Ali Kenadid was bo ...

who founded the

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in 1878. Initially he wanted to seize control of the neighbouring Majeerteen Sultanate, ruled by his cousin '' Boqor'' Osman Mahamud. However,

was unsuccessful in his endeavour, and was eventually forced into exile in

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. A decade later, in the 1870s, Yusuf Ali Kenadid returned from the

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with a band of Hadhrami

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s and a group of devoted lieutenants. With their assistance, he managed to overpower the local

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 ...

clans and establish the Kingdom of Hobyo in 1878.Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900'', (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.75. Kingosmanbargaalcast

As with the Majeerteen Sultanate, the Sultanate of Hobyo exerted a strong centralized authority during its existence, and possessed all of the organs and trappings of an integrated modern state: a functioning bureaucracy, a hereditary nobility, titled aristocrats, a state flag, as well as a professional army.Michigan State University. African Studies Center, Northeast African studies, Volumes 11-12, (Michigan State University Press: 1989), p.32. Both sultanates also maintained written records of their activities, which still exist. In the late 19th century, all extant northern Somali monarchs entered into treaties with one of the colonial powers, Abyssinia, Britain or Italy, except for the Dhulbahante. Likewise, in late 1889, Boqor Osman entered into a treaty with the

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, making his realm an Italian

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. His rival Sultan Kenadid had signed a similar agreement vis-a-vis his own Sultanate the year before. Both rulers had signed the protectorate treaties to advance their own expansionist objectives, with Boqor Osman looking to use Italy's support in his ongoing power struggle with Kenadid over the Majeerteen Sultanate. Boqor Osman and Sultan Kenadid also hoped to exploit the conflicting interests among the European imperial powers that were then looking to control the Somali peninsula, so as to avoid direct occupation of their territories by force.The Majeerteen Sultanates The relationship between the

and Italy soured when Sultan Kenadid refused the Italians' proposal to allow a

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contingent of troops to disembark in his Sultanate so that they might then pursue their battle against

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's Dervish forces. Viewed as too much of a threat by the Italians, Sultan Kenadid was eventually exiled to

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in Yemen and then to

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, as was his son Ali Yusuf, the heir apparent to his throne.

Osman Yusuf Kenadid Osman Yusuf Kenadid ( so, Cusmaan Yuusuf Keenadiid; ar, عثمان يوسف كيناديد; 1889 – 14 August 1972) was a Somali poet, writer, teacher and ruler. Born in Ceel Huur in 1889, he went on to create the Osmanya alphabet for writing ...

, the son of the first Sultan

, was a famous poet and scholar.

was the inventor of the first phonetically standard script for the Somali language in the 1920s, the Osmanya Script.

Lineage

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. 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 * Shiekh

(Daarood bin Ismaciil) ** Marehan *** Red Dini *** Rer Hassan *** Cali Dheere ** Kabalah *** Absame **** Ogaden ***** Makabul ***** Mohamed Zubeir ***** Aulihan *****Bah-geri **** Jidwaq *** Harti ****

(Dolbahante) ****

(Dishishe) ****

Warsangali The Warsangali ( so, Warsangeli, ar, قبيلة ورسنجلي) is a major Somali sub clan, part of the Harti clan which itself belongs to one of the largest Somali clan-families - the Darod. In the Somali language, the name Warsangali means ...

(Warsengeli) **** Majeerteen (Mijerteen) *****Wabeeneeye *****Idigfale (Muuse Noleys) *****Danweyne (Abdalle Noleys) *****Amaanle *****Guddoonwaaq *****Filkucaag *****Amartiwaaq *****Tabale *****Ali Jibraahiil *****Nuux Jibrahiil *****Cabdirixiin Ibraahim *****Wadalmoge *****Reer Umar *****Reer Maxamuud ******Abukar Maxamuud *******Faarax Ismacil *******Ciise Ismacil *******Maxamed Ismacil ******Qaasin Maxamuud *******Maxamed Qaasin *******Axmed Qaasin *******Aadan Qaasin *******Bare Qaasin *******Ibraahim Qaasin *****Reer Bicidyahan *****Siwaaqroon ******Abdirahman *******Adan Abdiraxman ********Ibrahim Abdisamad ********Yoonis Abdisamad ********Mohamud Abdisamad *******Cawlyahan (Obokor Abdiraxman) ********Ciise Cawlyahan ********Jibriil Cawlyahan ********Hashim Cawlyahan ******Mohammed *****Ugaar Saleebaan *****Ismail Saleebaan *****Ali Saleebaan ******Bicidyahan Ali ******Auliyahan Ali ******Omar Ali ******Adam Ali ******Ismail Ali *****Maxamuud Saleebaan ****** Cismaan Maxamuud ******Cumar Maxamuud ******Ciise Maxamuud

Groups

* Taargooye, an exclusively Majeerteen Darawiish administrative division and disbanded in 1910 when its constituents became mutinous * SSDF was a predominantly Majeerteen political group from the 1980s to 1990s

Notable People

Presidents & primistersministers

*mohamed musse hirse boqor ( cade muse) President of puntland *

Abdirashid Shermarke Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke ( so, Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke, ar, عبد الرشيد علي شارماركي) (8 June 1919 – 15 October 1969), also known as Abdirashid Shermarke, was Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 12 July 1960, to 14 ...

, first Prime Minister of Somalia, second President of Somalia (10 June 1967 until 16 October 1969) *

Abdirizak Haji Hussein Abdirizak Haji Hussein ( so, Cabdirisaaq Xaaji Xuseen; ar, عبد الرزاق حاجي حسين‎; 24 December 192431 January 2014) was a Somali diplomat and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 14 June 1964 to 15 ...

, former Prime Minister of Somalia (1964–1967), and former Secretary General of the Somali Youth League. *

Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Abdiweli Mohamed Ali GaasBriefi ...

, former

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of Somalia, and former President of Puntland. *

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ( so, Cabdulaahi Yuusuf Axmed, ar, عبدالله يوسف أحمد‎; 15 December 1934 – 23 March 2012) was a Somali politician and former colonel in the Somali National Army. He was one of the founders of the Somali ...

, former

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, President of

and leader/co-founder of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front. * Omar Sharmarke, former Prime Minister of Somalia, and son of Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke *

Said Abdullahi Dani Said Abdullahi Deni (, ; born 1966 or 1967, also known as Said Deni, is the current president of Puntland. Previously, he served as the minister of planning of Somalia, after having been appointed to the position on 17 January 2014 by the prime ...

, former Minister of Planning of Somalia, current President of Puntland.

Royalty

* Abdulkadir Isse Ahmed Salah, Sultan of the Ugaar Saleebaan of Majeerteen *

Ali Yusuf Kenadid Ali Yusuf Kenadid ( so, Cali Yuusuf Keenadiid, ar, علي يوسف كينايديض) was a Somali ruler. He was the second ruler of the Sultanate of Hobyo. History Ali Yusuf was born into a Majeerteen Darod family. His father, Sultan Yusuf Ali ...

, last Sultan of the

* Osman Mahamuud, King of the

(mid-1800s-early 1900s) *

, founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo

Military

Abdullahi Ahmed Irro Abdullahi Ahmed Irro ( so, Cabdullaahi Axmed Cirro, ar, عبد الله أحمد إرو, June 7, 1937 - January 24, 2022), also known as Abdullahi Ahmad Yousef Irro,''ARR: Arab report and record'', (Economic Features, ltd.: 1978), p.602. was a pr ...

, Somali General, founded the National Academy for Strategy. * Siciid Jigrati, mentioned in the

Geoffrey Archer's 1916 important members of Darawiish haroun list Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer (4 July 1882 – 1 May 1964) was an English ornithologist, big game hunter and colonial official. He was Commissioner and then Governor of British Somaliland between 1913 and 1922, and was responsible for fin ...

* Abshir Dhoorre, mentioned in the

* Xirsi Bile, mentioned in the

* Jama Ali Jama, Colonel in the Somali military and former President of Puntland * Mohamed Abshir Muse first commander of the Somali Police Force

Enterprisers

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, lawyer and judge at the International Court of Justice. * Ali A. Abdi, sociologist and educationist, professor of education and international development, the

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. * Ali Haji Warsame, entrepreneur, former Chief Executive Officer of Golis Telecom Somalia * Iman (Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid), a Somali-American

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, actress and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the ethnic-cosmetics market, she is also noted for her philanthropic work. She is the widow of English rock musician

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. * Maxamed Daahir Afrax, novelist, playwright, journalist and scholar * Mohammed Awale Liban, designed the flag of Somalia * Omar A. Ali, entrepreneur, accountant, financial consultant, philanthropist, and leading specialist on Islamic finance. *

Shire Haji Farah Shire Haji Farah Yusuf ( so, Shire Xaaji Faarax, ar, شيري حاجي فرح) is a Somali entrepreneur. He is the Minister of Planning and International Relations of Puntland. Biography Farah hails from the autonomous Puntland region in northe ...

, entrepreneur, and Executive Committee Member of the Somali Business Council *

Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid Yasin Osman Kenadid ( so, Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid, ar, ياسين عثمان كينايديض) (1919–27 November 1988) was a Somali intellectual, writer and linguist. He was an influential literary scholar, having written a seminal dictionar ...

, traditional Somali linguist * Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke, leader and co-founder of the

Somali Youth League The Somali Youth League (SYL) ( so, Ururka Dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed رابطة الشباب الصومالي, it, Lega dei Giovani Somali or ''Lega Somala della Gioventù''), initially known as the Somali Youth Club (SYC), was the first polit ...

, inventor of the Osmanya writing script

Politicians

* Ali Abdi Aware, former Puntland State Minister of the Presidency for International relations and Social Affairs. *

Asha Gelle Dirie Asha Gelle Dirie ( so, Caasha Geelle Diriye, ar, آشا جيلي ديري) is a Somali politician and civil society activist. From 2005 to 2012, she served as the Minister of Women Development and Family Affairs of the autonomous Puntland region ...

, former Minister of Women Development and Family Affairs of Puntland; founder and Executive Director of TAG Foundation *

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali (; ; Somali: ''Ayaan Xirsi Cali'':'' Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī;'' born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, ar, أيان حرسي علي / ALA-LC: ''Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī'' 13 November 1969) is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist and former politicia ...

, the first Somali-born member of parliament of a European country, author and political activist *

Farah Ali Jama Farah Ali Jama ( so, Faarax Cali Jaamac, ar, فرح علي جامع) is a Somali economist and politician. From January 2009 to January 2014, he served as the Minister of Finance of Puntland. Personal life Jama hails from the autonomous Puntland ...

, former Minister of Finance of Puntland * Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, first President of Somali National Assembly; Minister of Health and Labor of Somalia (1966–67) *

Hassan Abshir Farah Hassan Abshir Farah ( so, Xasan Abshir Faarax, ar, حسن ابشير فرح; June 20, 1945 – July 12, 2020) was a Somali politician. He previously served as mayor of Mogadishu and interior minister of Puntland. From November 12, 2001 to Nove ...

, former

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; 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 ...

mayor, Somalia ambassador to Japan and later to Germany, interior minister of Puntland * Hassan Ali Mire, first Minister of Education of the

Somali Democratic Republic The Somali Democratic Republic ( so, Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed; ar, الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية, ; it, Repubblica Democratica Somala) was the name that the socialist military government gave to S ...

; former Chairman of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF). * Hirsi Magan Isse, scholar and revolutionary leader with the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF). *

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, a Somali-American

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, currently a member of the

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for

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since 2019. She is the first Somali member of Congress and the second female Muslim to be elected. * Mire Hagi Farah Mohamed, Somali Finance Minister 2004–2006, and former mayor of

* Mohamed Abdi Aware, Puntland judge and member of Supreme Judicial Council. *

Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan Major General Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan ( so, Maxamed Siciid Xirsi Moorgan, ar, محمد سعيد حيرسي مورغان), also known as General Morgan or Colonel Morgan, is a Somali military and faction leader. He was the son-in-law of Siad B ...

, son-in-law of

and minister of defense of Somalia *

Mohamud Muse Hersi Mohamud Muse Hersi ( so, Maxamuud Muuse Xirsi Cadde, ar, محمد موسى حرسي; 1 July 1937 – 8 February 2017), also known as Adde Musa, was a Somali politician. He was the President of the Puntland region of Somalia from 8 January 2005 to ...

, third President of Puntland *

Saida Haji Bashir Ismail Saida Haji Bashir Ismail ( so, Saciida Xaaji Bashiir Ismaaciil, ar, سعيدة حاجي بشير اسماعيل) is a Somali politician. Biography Saida Ismail is the daughter of Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, the first President of the Somali Nati ...

, former Somali Finance Vice-Minister in the TNG (2000-2004) *

Omar Samatar ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate ...

, Fought against Italian occupation of Hobyo, after the surrender of the Sultan of Hobyo. * Yusuf Mohamed Ismail, former Ambassador of Somalia to the United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva * Yusuf Osman Samatar, politician *Surer Abshir Muse, sister of Mohamed Abshir Muse and deputy ambassador to London. Was also in charge of the youth wing of SSDF

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The Majeerteen Sultanates
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