Translated into english by the center for arab progress executive summary the republic of somaliland, somaliland, or british somaliland, are all definitions used to describe this republic. The closest hospital is the ceerigaabo general hospital, which is situatit aboot 79 km tae the sootheast. The clash between somali clanship and state system paper presented at the 5th international congress of. Haji sudi of the habar jeclo was the highest ranking dervish after mohammed abdullah hassan, he died valiantly defending the taleh fort during the raf bombing campaign. He settled in the coastal town of maydh in modernday northwestern somaliland, where he married a local magaadle clan. The somali dir clan beesha direed history of somali.
Habar yoonis a somali clan, part of the larger isaaq group. Somalia is steeped in thousands of years of history. According to some genealogical books and somali tradition, the isaaq clan was founded in the th or 14th century with the arrival of sheikh ishaaq bin ahmed bin mohammed al hashimi sheikh ishaaq from arabia, a descendant of ali ibn abi talib in maydh. He settled in the coastal town of maydh in modernday northwestern somaliland, where he married into the local magaadle clan. The habar yoonis is a subclan of the sheik isaaq clan. Habar awal a subclan of isaaq the habar awal is one of several subclans of the isaaq. The ancient egyptians spoke of it as gods land the land of punt. The subclans that were highly known for joining the dervish movement were respectively from the habar yoonis, habar. The city is primarily inhabited by people from the somali ethnic group. Habar yoonis oo colaadda shidan kahadashay youtube. Page 82 of the futuh al habasha is the genealogy of the gadabursi. The arabs of yemen meticulously recorded his history and to this day have his authored books.
Haaji shermaarke ali saalih of the habar yoonis clan of the isaaq clanfamily, exercising real power over saylac and adjacent regions. The habar maqdi mentioned in the book is the habar makador of the gadabursi. Are you really going to claim that warsangeli outnumber isaaq in sanaag according to the british survey in 1944 the eastern habar yoonis population in sanaag and that of warsangeli in sanaag and parts of bari were equal. According to some genealogical books and somali tradition, the isaaq clan was founded in the th or 14th century with the arrival of sheikh isaaq bin ahmed bin mohammed al hashimi sheikh isaaq from arabia, a descendant of ali ibn abi talib in maydh. They are famous for being the only subclan in somaliland that has a sizable population in all the cities of somaliland and ethopias somali region. As o 2010, maydh is the major toun fir the habar yoonis lineage o isaaq. I want you to just consider two points firstly, the smallest of the big three isaaq clans according to you owns just under 40% of somaliland and has the largest. This woreda is inhabited by the habar yoonis subdivision of isaaq clans of the somali people with some habar jeclo in the fareast of the woreda. Maydh haes ane elementary schuil an ane middle schuil, but nae seicondary schuil. The total population of erigavo ceerigaabo city is 114,846 residents. One of the ancestral cities of the habar yoonis is burco and the aroori plain, which they still inhabit and control to a great degree. In 185455 when lieutenant richard burton of the british india navy frequented the northern somali coast, he found a somali governor, haaji shermaarke ali saalih of the habar yoonis clan of the isaaq clanfamily, exercising real power over saylac and adjacent regions.
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 72,574, of whom 39,596 were men and 32,978. Other groups inhabiting erigavo include segments of the warsangeli and dhulbahante subdivisions of the harti darod. Southerners trying to divide garxajis especially habar yoonis from the rest of isaaq. Waxaad kale oo ka helaysaa abtirsiinta sheekh isaxaaq. The somali dir clan beesha dddddddddireed the dir is a somali clan whose members live in djibouti, southern, northern somalia, nfd, somali region, and shabeele jubba regions. Not trying to generalise ofcourse but i noticed this mostly on social media where they try to create some sort of non existent beef and claiming somaliland is a habar awal project. According to early islamic books and somali tradition, the isaaq nation was founded in the 12th or th century with the arrival of sheikh isaaq ibn ahmad alhashimi from arabia to the horn of africa. Samaale, waa aabaha faraca koox beelo waaweyn oo ka tirsan soomaalida. Members of the habar awal make up a majority of the population in the northern and western parts of the woqooyi galbeed region of somaliland. Habaryoonis is a somali clan, part of the larger isaaq group. They are the traditional holders of the isaaq sultanate. If we add the musa abokor hj ppulation to the equation then its obvious that isaaq out number warsans in sanaag and harti altogether since dhulo presence in. Deg deg jawaan iyo sooraan oo beesha habar yoonis u dhaartay layaab ka soo baxay war beena duration. Suldaanka guud ee beelaha habar yoonis oo khudbad xaasaasiya ka jeediyey shirka samotalis ee ka furmay magaalada burco.
This incident poisoned darwiish habar yoonis relations for all time, compounded by the dayax weerar episode when habar yoonis in the oodweyne district were looted. According to tradition, the isaaq clan was founded by the arrival in the 12th or th century of shaykh ishaq ibn ahmad al hashimi from arabia, one of the prophet muhammads early followers. Y musketeers took zaylac and forced its arab ruler. Ali dhuhs most famous contribution to somali poetry is the guba poems, a series of poems he initiated after the habar yoonis conquest of the ogaden, in which they uprooted the native ogadens and took in to possession huge swathes of land and thousands of camels. Y musketeers took zaylac and forced its arab ruler maxamed al baari out. In the picture below, the isaacisaaq girl has her roots in the habesha mother. Habar is the maternal grouping in the somali tribal segmentations. Located in the horn of africa, adjacent to the arabian peninsula, somalia is steeped in thousands of years of history. Said garxajis married, from the daarood subclan, geri koombe aba yoonis.
This website is for somalian clan reer shiekh isahaq. Chinese merchants frequented the somali coast in the tenth and fourteenth centuries and, according to tradition, returned home with giraffes, leopards, and. Habar jeclo are not known for faan and unlike you i wont make baseless hollow claims about the sizes if tribes or throw around clan demographics from 90 years ago to make my case. According to the dir clan histories, dir had four sons named madahweyn, mandaluug, madoobe, and mahe dir. Somaliland government rebukes statement by united nations. Bada gabay ismaaciil mirow adaa buuni ku ahaaye beyduu akhriyay weli ma odhan yaa bedela kaase the words of cali dhuux aadan paying tribute to the poetic abilities of mujaahid and wadani ismaaciil mire, the great darwiish general who fought for the majestic cause of somali liberation, leading darwiish armies into battle from berberathe very. It is wholly dominated by the habar yoonis and habar jeclo subclans of isaaq clan. Its funny and not surprising to see that a commentator above is going out of hisher way to show that the darood clan is the majority within the somali population though this is clearly not the issue at. Its members form a part of the habar magaadle confederation.
Geneology of habar yonis isaaq mohammed hiniftire mahe dir habar yoonis. Nimanka hiraab oo dhan maxaay isku raaceen they are part of hiraab. It is one of the major somali clans in the horn of africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. According to tradition, the isaaq clan was founded in the 12th or th century with the arrival of shaykh ishaq ibn ahmad al hashimi from arabia, one of the prophet muhammads early followers. And most hiraab at least the elders dont claim xawaadle, but as im sure you know by now, politicians tell lies even about the tribes for their twisted political reasons. Shermaarke saalax baasha 17901861 the conqueror of zaylac and the man who for the first time in somali history brought zaylac under the rule of somalis, the first somali qadiif who in 1825 with 5 cannons and 60 h. The clash between somali clanship and state system 1. Conquest of abyssinia it mentions ahmed gerrigurey of the somali and him being of the habr makadimaqdi.
The garhajis are divided into two major subclans, the habar yoonis and eidagalla. A similar clan mythology exists for the darod, whom are said to have descended from. Madaxweyne muuse biixi oo ka qayb galay aas qaran oo loo sameyay ahun marxuum axmed yasiin abuse duration. Amaan and for a period of 15 years him and his son held the sultantes, only after their death did the h. Beelahaasi waxaa ka mid ah dirta, hawiyeha, gardheere, meyleajuuraanka, yahabur, hubeer, gariife, hammarre, harire, iyo karuur. Squabbles began to break out, with a notable instance in burao between militia identifying as members of habar yoonis and habar jelo. According to some genealogical books and somali tradition, the isaaq clan was founded in the th or 14th century with the arrival of. One of the immediate causes was the large number of young, armed militia members with little to occupy their time. The tomb of sheikh isaaq, the father of the isaaq clan, in maydh. Unfortunately, for them they stumbled on the darwiish reserve force, uniformly armed with modern rifles, and the habar yoonis were cut down, losing between 100150 men before retreating. Medieval period conquest of abyssinia historically the garhajis took part in the conquest of abyssinia and were part of the adal sultanate and are mentioned in the book futuh alhabash conquest of abyssinia as the habar magaadle along with the habar awal, arap and ayub clans. Geneology of habar yonis isaaq mohammed hiniftire mahe dir. The royal subclan the one that provides the sultans of the habar yoonis are the reer sugule, who hail from the caynanshe branch of the habar yoonis. There were 2 first cousins sultans each supported by different segments of the habar yoonis clan some prodevrish and others opposed to it, the prodevrish sultan nuur a.
The most numerous said garxajis are from his daarood aba yoonis wife and hence the maternal segments name. Someone that knows her in person recently sent me a message and said she is habar habashud thus my eye never lets me down i will now invite everyone to celebrate the history. Halkan waxaad ka helysaa qabayilka reer sheekh isaxaaq iyo siday u kala baxaan. Issasalwe thames valley university, london the darwish resistance. Facts are sorted by community importance and you can build your personalized lexicon.
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