Summary
The Hiraab is a Somali clan of the larger Hawiye. It has produced many major clans in Somalia and has produced many prominent figures including 6 presidents, the first president as well as the first PM. They were also the first military leaders, making Hiraab the forefounder of Somalia. Members live in central and southern Somalia, from Galkayo to Kismaayo. They are also present in Ethiopia and Kenya. Most of them live in Mogadishu.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 15,000,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Somali | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Karanle and other Hawiye clans |
History edit
The first clan to ever challenge the Ajuuraan rulers was the Darandoolle clan a section of Hiraab.
The Ajuuraan had decreed: “At the wells in our territory, the people known as Darandoolle and the other Hiraab cannot water their herds by day, but only at night.” … Then all the Darandoolle gathered in one place. The leaders decided to make war on the Ajuuraan. They found the imam of the Ajuuraan seated on a rock near a well called Ceel Cawl. They killed him with a sword. As they struck him with the sword, they split his body together with the rock on which he was seated. He died immediately and the Ajuuraan migrated out of the country. In another variation of the story, a young Darandoolle warrior was born with a gold ring on his finger, a sign of his future preeminence. The Darandoolle then rallied around their young leader, who eventually assumed the title of Imam of the Hiraab and took up residence in Muqdisho.[1]
By 1700, the Hiraab and other clans occupied a large territory stretching the interior from the Shabelle valley to the arid lands of Mudug and to the coastal areas of Mogadishu towards Hobyo. After the immediate fall of the Ajuuraan, the Hiraab established an independent rule for at least two centuries.[2] CalledRegno di Magadozo or the Kingdom of Magadoxo in official medieval bulletins, at their peak they would go on to dominate what became Greater Benadir.[3]
Today, the Hiraab inhabit from the fertile region of the Lower Shabelle, to the capital, Mogadishu to Galkayo. They hold the presidency of Somalia, the presidency of the Hirshabelle state as well as the presidency of Galmudug. They are also the vice-president of the Lower Shabelle region and control the military in most of Somalia. They also live in the Hiiraan region as well as in the Shabelle zone of Ethiopia. In the capital Mogadishu, they hold all the important positions such as the mayor and majority of the government positions due to their influence over Somalia.
Hiraab sub-clans edit
Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hiraab clan genealogical tree in The Invention of Somalia:[4][5][6]
- Hiraab.
- Mudulood Hiraab
- Maxamed Mudulod (Sheikhaal Cabdi Sheekh)
- Ciise Mudulood (Udeejen)
- Wa'weyteen Mudulood
- Darandoole Mudulood
- Hilibi Darandoole
- Isman Darandoole
- Wa'dan Isman
- Moobleen Isman
- Abgaal
- Harti
- Warsangeli
- Agoonyar
- Owbakar
- Wa'budhan
- Galmaax Yonis
- Yusuf Galmaax
- Maxamed Muuse
- Wehliye Muuse
- Cumar Galmaax
- Celi Cumar
- Reer Mataan
- Abdulle Galmaax
- Yusuf Galmaax
- Kabaale Wacbudhan
- Saleeban Muse
- Xeyle Muse
- Dauud
- Isaaq Dauud
- Yusuf Dauud
- Galmaax Yonis
- Wa'aysle (Warculus)
- Macalin Dhiblawe
- Cali Gaaf
- Abdirahman Saleban
- Harti
- Habar Gidir
- Saruur
- Sa'ad
- Ayr
- Saleban
- Duduble
- Maqlisame
- Maxamed Camal
- Aarsade
- Habar Awradeen
- Ehli
- Bisin
- Qadhoob
- Da'ud
- Mudulood Hiraab
- Martirle Hiraab (Sheikhaal)
- Loobage
- caagane
- sacdi looboge
- samatar cagane looboge
- samafale cagane looboge
- buubaal looboge
- Maadow
- mohamed cagane looboge
- tolweyne
- gacal mahad alle
- mohamed mahad alle
- Cali cafiif
- qaaluu
- shikhaal adeer
- shikhaal abdi shiikh
- abdi looboge
- Qudub
- Cabdale Aw Qudub
- Cumar siyaad Aw Qudub
- Axmed Aw Qudub
- Cumardiin Aw Qudub
- Sadiiq Aw Qudub
- Samire Aw Qudub
- Gendershe
- Maad-Sheekh.
- Aw-Ibraahim
- aw-Muraad
- aw-izgoowe
- Macalin fiq burhan
- Naakhude
- Mehri
- Jaziira
- reer Hassan
- Reer Qasim
- reer maad
- shikhaal ow Hassan
- Martirle Hiraab (Sheikhaal)
Important members edit
Politics edit
- Aden Adde, the first President of Somali*
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Current President of Somalia and President from 2012-2016
- Abdullahi Issa Mohamud, the first PM of Somalia
- General Daud Abdulle Hirsi, First Commander-In-Chief of the Somali National Army Forces
- Ali Mahdi Muhammad, President of Somalia from 1991-97
- Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Former President of Somalia
- Abdiqasim Salad, President of Somalia from 2000-2004
- Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President of Somalia from 2009-2012
- Salaad Gabeyre Kediye, Major General in the Somali Military, and chairman of the Somali Revolution
Movement
- Dahir Adan Elmi, chief of Somali Armed Forces, major general and the commander of Qabdir-Daharre Battalion in Somalia-Ethiopian War in 1977 who won bravery golden award that war. He is regarded as the most decorated general in Somali army.
- Omar Finnish, former Mayor of Mogadishu and Governor of Banaadir
- Nur Hassan Husein, Former Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government
- Ali Ghedi, Former Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government
- Hussein Kulmiye Afrah, vice-president of Somalia under the Siad Barre Regime
- Mohamed Hussein Roble, former Prime Minister of Somalia
References edit
- ^ Cassanelli, Lee (1982). The Shaping of Somali Society. p. 125. ISBN 9780812278323.
- ^ Cassanelli, Lee (1982). The Shaping of Somali Society. p. 127. ISBN 9780812278323.
- ^ Mitchell, Samuel (1842). Exhibiting the History of Geographical Science and the Progress of Discovery to the Present Time. Samuel Augustus Mitchell. p. 564.
- ^ Ali Jimale Ahmed (1995). The Invention of Somalia. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea. p. 123. ISBN 0-932415-98-9.
- ^ Richard Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa', 1856; edited with an introduction and additional chapters by Gordon Waterfield (New York: Praeger, 1966), p. 165
- ^ Clans in Somalia Report on a Lecture by Joakim Gundel, COI Workshop Vienna, 15 May 2009 (Revised Edition) published December 2009
- Mudulood Hiraab. daruur.com.