Surre (clan)

The Surre have been associated with spreading the Islamic faith in Somalia and the Qadiriya Sufi tariiqa in central and southern Somalia. They left what is now Somaliland in approximately 1316 C.E. for Central and southern Somalia.

The majority of the western scholars (both Italian and British) simply referred to the Surre as the "Dir of central Somalia" without differentiating them, but recent studies in Somalia revealed that the Dir in Nugal, Mudug, Galgaduud, Hiran, and Gedo are divided into two branches, the Qubeys and the Abdalle, both descendants of Surre.

As of 1996 the Surre were represented by the Southern Somali National Movement led by Abdi Aziz Sheikh Yusuf.[4]

Mainly Qubeys and Abdalles with Mohamed Gutale(Habardeel) the uncle of Abdalle are all Surre subclans, inhabit central Somalia. The Saleban Abdalle[5] clan is mainly local to Puntland, especially in the regions of Nugal and Mudug and predominantly inhabit Tawfiiq District, Dahraan neighborhood of Galkayo of Mudug and Godobjiran of Nugaal and have a sizable presence in Bosaso.

Another cluster of Abdalle clan of mainly Fiqi Mohamad reside from Herale district[6] of Galgaduud region in Galmudug State through defow[7] of Hirshabelle State parallel to the Ethio-Somali border all the way to the north of Jubba river in Gedo region of Jubaland state mainly in Boholgaras and towns surrounding it divided by the Ethiopian border there, the Fiqi Mohamad of Abdalle predominantly inhabit Dolobay Woreda,[8][9] with significant population in Chereti (woreda) both in Afder Zone and Jijiga the capital of the Somali state.[10]

The Qubeys Clan is mainly native to Bacadweyne district and towns surrounding it [11] as well as many towns under its jurisdiction and in Galkayo in Mudug region of Galmudug State, the Fiqi walal Qubeys also reside Tawfiiq and areas around it along with their Abdalle brothers, Mirjiicley town of Herale district and in Kabxanley and dhaah towns in Hirshabelle State. The Surre have a sizable presence in both the capital Mogadishu and Lower Shabelle where the qubeys resides the town of Golweyn and have a significant presence in Merca.

The Surre are present in the Sanaag region in Somaliland, with the Cabaas Muuse subclan being present in Las Khorey District.[12]

• Dir
• Mehe
  • Surre
    • Qubeys
      • toonle( fiqi omar and fiqi yahye)
      • Ahadowe(abdalle didshe and osman didshe)
      • Midkase
      • wayagle(ahmed farah)
    • Guutaale
      • Mohamed(Habardeel)
      • Abdalle
        • Mohamed Abdalle(Nacdoor)
        • Yusuf Abdalle(Gorod)
        • Abdi Abdalle
          • Fiqi Mohamed
        • Saleban Abdalle

DNA analysis of Dir clan members inhabiting Djibouti[13] found that all of the individuals belonged to the Y-DNA T1 paternal haplogroup and in Dire Dawa 82% a city in Ethiopia with a majority Dir population.[14] All genetic analysis carried out on the Surre male clan members have so far shown that they exclusively belong to the T1 paternal haplogroup.

• 1. Mahad Abdalle Awad - current second deputy speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia [15]
• 2. Qamar Adan ALi - Late former Somali minister of Health[16]
• 3. General Abdikariim Dhagabadan - Late former Army Chief of staff Somali Armed Forced [17][18]
• 4. Gen Abdalla Abdalla - former NISA deputy director[19]
• 5. Abdi Aziz SHeikh Yusuf Direed - Prominent Somali politician
• 6. Abdukdir Noor Hussein Maah - Renowned Somali author novalist
• 7. Ahmed Ali Dahir - Former
• 8. Seynab laba dhagah - Current politician and a former artist
• 9. Abdulahi Abuukar Haji - Current Somali minister of education and higher studies
• 10.Sheikh ibrahim Suley - well known Somali Islamic scholar
• 11.Sheikh Salah moalim abdullahi - Islamic scholar
• 12.Jeylani ALi kadiye - Somali Businessman and a former politician