The Hiraab is a

Somali clan The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, ar, صوماليون) are an ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The Lowland East Cushitic Somali language is the shared mo ...

of the larger

Hawiye The Hawiye ( so, Hawiye, ar, بنو هوية, it, Hauija) is the largest Somali clan family. Members of this clan traditionally inhabit central and southern Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia (Somali, Harar, Oromia and Afar regions) and the Nort ...

. The are decendents of gorgaarte hawiye. Gorgaarte hawiye is part of six major hawiye clans. Members live in central and southern

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

, from

Galkayo Galkayo ( so, Gaalkacyo, ar, جالكعيو Dr Badal Kariye Ba Bsit Ma Mba & Phd, ''The Kaleidoscopic Lover: The Civil War in the Horn of Africa & My Itinerary for a Peaceful Lover'', (AuthorHouse: 2010), p.116.) which in Af-Somali translates to ...

kismaayo Kismayo ( so, Kismaayo, Maay: ''Kismanyy'', ar, كيسمايو, ; it, Chisimaio) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situa ...

. They are also present in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

and

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...

. Most of them, such as the Abgaal,

Habar Gidir The Habar Gidir (Somali: Habar Gidir, Arabic: هبر جدير) is a major subclan of the Hawiye. The clan has produced many prominent Somali figures, including the first Prime Minister of Somalia Abdullahi Issa Mohamud and Somalia's fifth Presid ...

, Duduble and

Sheekhaal The Sheekhaal (var. Sheikhaal ( ar, شيخال), also known as Fiqi Omar, is a Somali clan. They inhabit Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and with considerable numbers also found in the Northern Frontier District (NFD) in Kenya. Overview Sheekh ...

live in

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...

. They once formed a kingdom which successfully revolted and was led by the Abgaal and habargidir subclan against the

Ajuran Sultanate The Ajuran Sultanate ( so, Saldanadda Ajuuraan, ar, سلطنة الأجورانية), also natively referred-to as Ajuuraan, and often simply Ajuran, was a Somali Empire in the Middle Ages in the Horn of Africa that dominated the trade in th ...

which was another hawiye clan called gambeele and established an independent

Hiraab Imamate The Hiraab Imamate ( so, Saldanadda Hiraab) also known as the Yacquubi Dynasty was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the late 17th century and 19th century until it was incorporated into Italian Somaliland. The Imamate ...

, which included

Hobyo Hobyo (; so, Hobyo), is an ancient port city in Galmudug state in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. Hobyo was founded as a coastal outpost by the Ajuran Empire during the 13th century.Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: ...

.Lee V. Cassanelli, The shaping of Somali society., Philadelphia, 1982, According to Bernhard Helander of

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, "the Imam of Hiraab is a hereditary position that traditionally is held by a person of the first-born branch, the Mudulood."

Hiraab sub-clans

Ali Jimale Ahmed Ali Jimale Ahmed ( so, Cali Jimcaale Axmed ) is a Somali poet, essayist, scholar, and short story writer. He hails from the Abgaal sub clan of Hawiye Biography Ahmed holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Current ...

outlines the Hiraab clan genealogical tree in ''The Invention of Somalia'':Clans in Somalia Report on a Lecture by Joakim Gundel
COI Workshop Vienna, 15 May 2009 (Revised Edition) published December 2009 *Hiraab. **Mudulood Hiraab ***Maxamed Mudulod (udugeen) ***Udeejeen Mudulood ***Wa'weynte Mudulood ***Darandoole Mudulood ****Hilibi Darandoole ****Isman Darandoole *****Wa'dan Isman *****Moble'in Isman *****Abgaal Isman ******Harti ******Wa'budhan ******Wa'aysle (Warculus) **Madarki'is Hiraab (HabarGidir) ***Saruur ***Sa'ad ***Ayr ***Saleban ***Sifadle **Mahamuud Hiraab ( Duduble ) ***Maqalsame ***Arsade ***Maxamed camal ***Habar awr wadeen ***Celi ***Bisin ***Qadhoob ***Daud **Martiile or Mohamed Hiraab (Sheekhaal) ***Qutub ***Loobage ***Gandarshe ***Gudle ***Cali Cafiif ***Sheekhaal Jazeera ***Sheekhaal Jazeera ***Cabdisamad ***Reer Aw Sacid

References

Mudulood Hiraab
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