Hiraab

Hiraab is a Somali clan. Members live in central and southern Somalia, from Galkayo to Mogadishu. They are also present in Ethiopia and Kenya. Most of them, such as the Abgaal, live in Mogadishu. They once formed a kingdom which successfully revolted which was led by the Habar Gidir subclan against the Ajuran Sultanate and established an independent Hiraab Imamate, which included Hobyo.[1] According to Dr. Bernhard Helander of Uppsala University, "the Imam of Hiraab is a hereditary position that traditionally is held by a person of the first-born branch, the Mudulood."[2]

Hiraab
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam (Sunni, Sufism)
Related ethnic groups
Dir, Darod, Isaaq, other Somali clans

Hiraab sub-clans

Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hiraab clan genealogical tree in The Invention of Somalia:[3]

  • Hawiye
    • Gorgaarte
      • Hiraab
        • Martiile(Sheekhaal)
        • Mudulood
          • Abgaal
          • Udeejeen
          • Wacdaan
          • Moobleen
          • Hiilibi
        • Duduble (Maxamuud Hiraab)
        • Habargidir (Madarkicis Hiraab)

References
  1. Lee V. Cassanelli, The shaping of Somali society., Philadelphia, 1982,
  2. Bernhard, Helander (1994-01-19). "The Hiraab Treaty". Somalia News Update. Uppsala, Sweden: Dr. Bernhard Helander, Uppsala University. Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2009-03-31. The Imam of Hiraab is a hereditary position that traditionally is held by a person of the first-born branch, the Mudulood.
  3. Ali Jimale Ahmed (1995). The Invention of Somalia. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea. p. 123. ISBN 0-932415-98-9.
  4. Richard Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, 1856; edited with an introduction and additional chapters by Gordon Waterfield (New York: Praeger, 1966), p. 165
  5. https://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/90_1261130976_accord-report-clans-in-somalia-revised-edition-20091215.pdf Clans in Somalia Report on a Lecture by Joakim Gundel, COI Workshop Vienna, 15 May 2009 (Revised Edition) published December 2009
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