The Ibran ( or ''Cimraan'', , Full Name: ''Muhammad (‘Amran) ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad'') is a major clan of the wider

Isaaq The Isaaq (, , ''Banu Ishaq'') is a major Somali clans, Somali clan. It is one of the largest Somali clan families in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. The Isaaq people claim in a traditional legend ...

clan family. Ibran had two sons, Egale And Yonis. Yonis's son Mohamed had two sons Abdalle, and Essa. Its members form part of the larger Habr Je'lo confederation along with the Muse Sheikh Ishaaq, Sanbuur and Tol Je'lo clans. Politically however, the Ibran are part of the Habr Je'lo. The clan primarily inhabits the

Togdheer Togdheer (, ) is an administrative region (''Administrative divisions of Somaliland, gobol'') in central Somaliland. Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex to the west, Sahil, Somaliland, Saaxil to the north, Sanaag to the northeast, Sool, Somalia ...

region of

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, ( war imran district is their largest city ) as well as the

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History

Sheikh Ishaaq ibn Ahmed was one of the Arabian scholars that crossed the sea from Arabia to the Horn of Africa to spread Islam around 12th to 13th century. He is said to have been descended from Prophet Mohammed's daughter

Fatimah Fatima bint Muhammad (; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and ...

. Hence the Sheikh belonged to the

Ashraf Sharīf or Sherif (, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef, feminine sharīfa (), plural ashrāf (), shurafāʾ (), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, from the famil ...

or Sada, titles given to the descendants of the prophet. He married two local women in Somaliland that left him eight sons, one of them being Muhammad (Imran). The descendants of those eight sons constitute the Isaaq clan-family.

Distribution

The Ibran primarily reside in

region in

, as well as the

. They also have a large settlement in

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where they are known as a constituent segment of the Isahakia community.

Notable figures

* Bashe Awil Omar - former Deputy Foreign Minister of Somaliland as well as former

ambassador to

and the

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* Ibrahim Ismail Sugulle (Sooraan) - was a famous poet, comedian and composer. * Aqil yare- was the clan's chief and famous elder during colonial era. * General burale muhumed willad - brigadier general of Somalia. * Hassan mo'allim - former presidential minister. * Jama Abdillahi biin - former governor of togdheer region and state minister. * Mohamed nafaqo , the incumbent governor of the togdheer region. * Guled Mohamed warsame - member of SOMALILAND parliament. * General jama madaxyar - was somaliland's chief of intelligence agency. * Shiine falliidh - the deputy leader of mideeye political party * General Ismael Ali farah- the eastern military court leader * Abdinassir omer : deputy minister of MOFA. * Yusuf Osman Abdulle ( shacir) a well known poet and socialist.

References

{{reflist Somali clans Somali clans in Ethiopia