Abdi Garad or Qayaad ( so, Cabdi Garaad) Full Name:'' ’Abdi Shirshore Habarwa Abdullah Muse Said Saleh Abdi Mohamed

Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, ( ar, عبدالرحمن بن اسماعيل الجبرتي) also known as Daarood, Dawud or Da'ud (), is the semi-legendary common ancestor of the Somali Darod clan. According to local tradition, Abdirahman d ...

'' is a sub-clan that is part of the Dulbahante clan-family. The nickname "Qayaad" was supposedly the name of a Galla chief who formerly controlled the clan's territory and whom the clan's forefather killed in battle. Prominent

Somalis The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, ar, صوماليون) 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 ...

from this clan include Army Officer Business Man (( Mohamed M. Khaawi))

Mohamed Hashi Mohamed Abdi Hashi ( so, Maxamed Cabdi Xaashi, ar, محمد عبدي هاشي; died 12 July 2020) was a Somali politician, who served as the president of USP during the 1990s. He hailed from the Dhulbahante clan, Qayaad sub clan. He was the ...

the former president

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 ...

, Chief Caaqil Mohamed Saleebaan Shabbac(Afwaranle), Mohamed Samakab (Ganaje), Mohamoud Diriye Abdi Joof and Ahmed Gacmayare.

Distribution

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 Constituti ...

the majority of the clan reside in the

Sool Sool ( so, Sool, ar, صول) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in south eastern Somaliland/north western Somalia. It borders Togdheer to the west, Sanaag to the north, Ethiopia to the south and Nugal, Bari to the east. Its capital city ...

region while they have a significant presence in

Jubaland Jubaland ( so, Jubbaland, ar, , it, Oltregiuba), the Juba Valley ( so, Dooxada Jubba) or Azania ( so, Asaaniya, ar, ), is a Federal Member State in southern Somalia. Its eastern border lies east of the Jubba River, stretching from Gedo t ...

in the south. In

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 ...

clan settles in

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 state ...

. The Qayaad inhabit Dharkayn Genyo, kalad, Domco, Dhummay and Dabataag towns in

and

Las Anod Las Anod ( so, Laascaanood; ar, لاسعانود) is the administrative capital of the Sool region of Somaliland. Territorial dispute The city is disputed by Puntland and Somaliland. The former bases its claim due to the kinship ties between ...

the regional capital of

is also hosts a large section of the clan.

Clan Tree

The following is a break down of the main sub-clans of Qayaad. *

(

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 peripherie ...

) ** Mohamed Abdirahman (Kabalalah) *** Abdi Mohamed (Kombe) ****Salah Abdi (

Harti Harti ( so, Harti, ar, هرتي), meaning "strong man", is a Somali clan family that is part of the Darod clan. The major sub-clans include the Majeerteen, Dhulbahante, Warsangali, Tinle, Maganlabe and Dishiishe, while other minor sub-clans ...

) *****Said Abdi (

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 ...

) ******Muse Said *******Abdale Muse ********Habarwa Abdale *********Shirshore Habarwa **********Abdi 'Garad' Shirshore (qayaad) ***********Omar Abdi ***********Khayr Abdi ************Ibrahim Khayr ************Osman Khayr ************Ali Khayr ************Wa'eys khayr *************Osman Wa'eys **************Suban Osman **************Ali Osman ***************Aweer Ali ***************Nuuh 'dhuub' Ali ***************Khayr 'Mamece' Ali ***************Ahmed Ali ****************Ibrahim Ahmed ****************Samatar Ahmed ****************Sharmarke Ahmed *****************Warsame Sharmarke *****************Hersi Sharmarke *****************Wa'eys Sharmarke *****************Fiqi Sharmarke *****************Eman Sharmarke *****************Samakaab Sharmarke ******************Yusuf Samakab (Bah Halan) ******************Abdulle Samakab (Bah Halan) ******************Dhabar Samakab (Bah Halan) ******************Hassan Samakab (Bah Lagmadow) ******************Ismail Samakab (Bah Lagmadow) ******************Nuur Samakab (Bihina Dalal) ******************Hersi Samakab (Bihina Dalal) ******************Hamud Samakab (Bihina Dalal) ******************Shirwa Samakab (Bihina Dalal) ******************Mohamoud Samakab (Bah Ogaden) ******************Abdi Samakab (Bah Ogaden) ******************Shabeel Samakab (Bah Asila) ******************Koshin Samakab (Bah Asila) ******************Samatar Samakab (Bah Asila) ******************Mohamed Samakab (Bah Asila)

References

{{reflist *Hunt, John A. (1951). "Chapter IX: Tribes and Their Stock". A General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944–1950. * London: Crown Agent for the Colonies. Accessed on October 7, 2005 (from Civic Webs Virtual Library archive). *Lewis, I.M. (1955). Peoples of the Horn of Africa: Somali, Afar, and Saho, Part 1, *London: International African Institute. *Lewis, I. M. (1961). A pastoral democracy: a study of pastoralism and politics among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa, reed. Münster: LIT Verlag, 1999. *"The Somali Ethnic Group and Clan System". Civic Webs Virtual Library, from: Reunification of the Somali People by Jack L. Davies, Band 160 IEE Working Papers, Institute of Development Research and Development, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany 1996, ISBN 3-927276-46-4, ISSN 0934-6058. Retrieved January 22, 2006. Somali clans Somali clans in Ethiopia