The Hawadle or Xawaadle ( so, Xawaadle, ar, حوادله, it, Auadleh) are a
Somali clan who traces its descent from Mayle Gorgaarte, one of the sons of Hawiye clan. The Hawadle, as well as many other Somali clans like the Dir, trace themselves from Samaale.
Distribution
The Hawadle primarily live in the
Hiran,
Banadir
Banaadir ( so, Banaadir, ar, بنادر, it, Benadir) is an administrative region (''Administrative divisions of Somalia, gobol'') in southeastern Somalia. It covers the same area as the city of Mogadishu, which serves as the capital. It is bor ...
&
Middle Shabelle Jowhar, Buurane & especially in the
Xawaadley
Middle Shabelle ( so, Shabeellaha Dhexe, ar, شبيلي الوسطى, it, Medio Scebeli) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia.
Overview
It is bordered by the Somali regions of Galguduud, Hiran, Lower Shabelle (Shabell ...
district, They are also present in Qoryooley district of
Lower Shabelle and in
Gedo
Gedo ( so, Gedo, Maay: ''Gethy'', ar, جيذو, it, Ghedo or ''Ghedu'') is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in Jubaland, southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. It was created in 1974 and is bordered by the Ogaden in E ...
and the
Middle Juba
Middle Juba ( so, Jubbada Dhexe, Maay: ''Jubithy Dhahy'', ar, جوبا الأوسط, it, Medio Giuba) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia. With its capital at Bu'aale, it is located in the autonomous Jubaland region.
...
. They also inhabit the Somali region of Ethiopia and the North East Province of Kenya. They can also be found in the expatriate communities of the
Somali diaspora.
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Lineage
*Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hawadle clan genealogical tree in ''The Invention of Somalia'':
**
Samaale Samaale, also spelled Samali or Samale ( so, Samaale) is traditionally considered to be the oldest common forefather of several major Somali clans and their respective sub-clans. His name is the source of the ethnonym ''Somali''..
As the purported ...
***Irir
****Hawiye
*****Mayle Gorgaarte
****** Xawaadle
Notable people
*
Omar Hashi Aden
Omar Hashi Aden ( so, Cumar Xaashi Aaden, Arabic: عمر هاشي آدم) (died 18 June 2009) was a politician from the Hiiraan region of Somalia, and he was a member of parliament under the rule of Siad Barre; he was forced to flee to Eritrea ...
- was a member of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, eventually rising to Security Minister, and the mayor of Mogadishu in 1992.
*
Ali Abdullahi Osoble
Ali Abdullahi Osoble ( so, Cali Cabdullaahi Cosoble; born Mogadishu, Somalia) is the son of Abdullahi Osoble Siad, who was Minister of Telecommunications during the Siad Barre Regime in the 1970s and 1980s and also the maternal grandson of Ahmed G ...
-former Minister of National Security of Somalia, first President of Hirshabelle state
*
Mohamed Abdi Waare
Mohamed Abdi Ware ( so, Maxamed Cabdi Waare; born 14 February 1960) is a Somali politician. He was the president of Hirshabelle, assumed office on 16 September 2017.
Biography
Waare hails from the Yabar Madaxweyne sub-clan of Xawaadle, and was bo ...
-2nd President of Hirshabelle state
*
Abdullahi Godah Barre
Abdullahi Godah Barre is a Somali politician and member of parliament . He is the Minister of Education and Higher Education of Somalia, having been appointed to the position on 17 January 2017 by Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire.
Godah Barre ...
-Somali politician and member of parliament, Minister of Education and Higher Education of Somalia, former Minister of Interior and Federal affairs
References
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Somali clans