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Somali clans in Ethiopia (2 C, 42 P) Pages in category "Somali clans" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The customary justice system of Somalis, known as xeer, holds a significant position among the Somali clans, serving as a crucial mechanism for resolving conflicts. Somali clans are organized according to a patriarchal clan-based framework, which is further segmented into sub-clans, lineages, and mag groupings. These groupings are united ...
Somali clans in contemporary times have an established official structure in the country's political system, acknowledged by a mathematical formula for equitably distributing seats between the clans in the Federal Parliament of Somalia. [142] [143] [144] Minor Somali clans include Asharaf. [145]
The Darod (Somali: Daarood, Arabic: دارود) is a Somali clan.The forefather of this clan is Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as Darod. [1] [2] The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries, the Somali hinterlands adjacent to Oromia (), and both sides of the Kenya–Somalia border. [3]
The history of Islam being practised by the Dir clan goes back 1400 years. In Zeila, a Dir city, a mosque called Masjid al-Qiblatayn is known as the site of where early companions of the Prophet established a mosque shortly after the first Migration to Abyssinia [12] By the 7th century, a large-scale conversion to Islam was taking place in the Somali peninsula, first spread by the Dir clan ...
Pages in category "Somali clans in Ethiopia" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abdi Garad;
The Tunni clan are believed to be one of the oldest Somali clans and one of the early herding communities in the Horn. They are believed to have occupied the lower Shabelle valley since 2000 B.C.E and occupied the Jubba valley along with their cousin Garre since 1000 B.C.E. [7]
There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. The following listing is taken from the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics from 2005 and the United Kingdom's Home Office publication, Somalia Assessment 2001. [22] [23] Shiekh Darod (Daarood bin Ismaciil) Marehan Red Dini; Reer Hassan