Habar Yoonis

Habar yoonis is one part of the garxajis sub-clan of isaaq. They are traditionally nomadic pastoralists, merchants and skilled poets. One of the earliest mentions of habar younis is in the Western literature was in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London in 1848, where they are described as a powerful clan. They are settled in the west and east of Somaliland, all the way into the Somali region of Ethiopia.

Habar Yoonis
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali and Arabic
Religion
Islam

Distribution

The Habar Yunis inhabit Togdheer,Sanaag, Maroodi Jeex and Sahil. Habar Yunis is the only Isaaq sub clan that inhabit 5 out of 6 regions of Somaliland. They also form a majority of Jarar in the Somali region of Ethiopia, exclusively inhabiting the Daror and Gashamo districts and have a large population in the Aware and Danot districts.

The Habar Yunis can also be found in considerable numbers in the Sanaag region and its regional capital of Ceerigaabo, where they form a majority.

In Togdheer, the Habar Yoonis inhabit the regional capital of Burao, in addition they exclusively settle in the largest district of Oodweyne

In Maroodi Jeex they have a very significant population. The Habar yonis inhabit 3 districts within Hargeisa city.

In the Hawd & the Reserved Area, the Habar Yunis, together with their Eidagale kinsmen, populate much of the major towns and trading cities, the most prominent and emerging of the latter being Gashamo.[1][2]

Ancestry

Sa'id is the ancestor of the Habar Yunis . The Habar indicates a bah alliance or a uterine alliance. The Habar Yunis is a bah alliance of all the descendants of Arre Sa'id whos mother was of the Abbayonis clan.

The tomb of Sheikh Ishaaq, ancestor of the Habar Yoonis clan, located in the ancestral lands of the Habar Yoonis, Maydh, Sanaag.

History

Sultans of the Habr Yunis
Name Reign

From

 Reign

Till

1 Ainasha Hersi (traditional chief)
2 Sultan Sugulleh Ainasha (first sultan)
3 Sultan Diriyeh Sultan Sugulleh Ainasha
4 Sultan Hersi Aman Sultan Diriyeh
5 Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman Sultan Diriyeh
6 Sultan Suhaib Sultan Diiriye
7 Sultan Dolal Sultan Nur
8 Sultan Madar Hersi Sultan cabdale
9 Sultan Ali Sultan Madar Hersi
10 Sultan Osman Sultan Ali Sultan Madar

Notable people
Portrait of a 20 year old Habr Yunis man, 1889. Photograph by Prince Roland Bonaparte.

References
  1. Waal, Alexander De (1993). "Violent deeds live on: landmines in Somalia and Somaliland, p. 63". |
  2. Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). I.M Lewis : peoples of the Horn of Afrcia. ISBN 9781315308173. |
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