Marehan

The Marehan ( so, Mareexaan, ar, مريحان) is a Somali sub-clan, which is part of one of the largest Somali clan families, the Darod. The clan is one of the largest constituent sub-clans of the Darod. The majority of the Marehan live in the Jubaland in southern Somalia, as well as the Galguduud and Mudug regions in central Somalia, the Somali region of Ethiopia and the North Eastern Province of Kenya.

Overview

One of the earliest mentions of this Somali clan may be by the Jesuit Jerónimo Lobo, who attempted to enter Ethiopia by way of the Jubba River in 1624. He learned of an ethnic group known as the ''Maracatos'', whom C.F. Beckingham identifies as the Marehan, and whom Lobo located in the approximate location of the Somali clan.

Between the 17th and 18th centuries, the Marehan were reported to have lived in an area that extended from the Bandar Siyada on the Gulf of Aden to beyond Ras el-Khail on the Indian Ocean, or much of northern Somalia. The clan are recorded as having played a significant role in Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi's campaigns against Ethiopia during the 16th century. The commander of the Somali forces and the closest deputy of the Imam was a Marehan commander, Garad Ahmed bin Hirabu. The Marehan along with the Habar Makadi/Makadur of the Gadabuursi; helped push westward the enemies into the plains of Harar and farther, helping destabilize the highland Christian empire. Evident in these battles were the Somali archers, namely the Marehan and the Gerri archers, through whom al-Ghazi was able to defeat the numerically superior Ethiopian Army that consisted of 16,000 cavalry and more than 200,000 infantry.

As early as 1650, the Marehan were reported to have lived in Jubaland.

Groups

The Juba Valley Alliance is a political faction of the Somali Civil War., and the major opponent of the Somali Patriotic Movement.

The Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party was the ruling party of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1976 to 1991. It's 3rd president, Mohamed Siad Barre, was part of the Marehan.

The Somali National Front (SNF) was also a revolutionary movement and armed militia in Somalia.

Clan tree

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. The following listing is taken from the World Bank's ''Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics'' from 2005 and the United Kingdom's Home Office publication, ''Somalia Assessment 2001''.Worldbank,
Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics
', January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.55 Figure A-1Country Information and Policy Unit, Home Office, Great Britain, Somalia Assessment 2001, Annex B: Somali Clan Structure
, p. 43

In the Marehan clan-family, component clans are divided into two uterine divisions Marehan In Jubaland, Galgaduud and Mudug Somalia the World Bank shows the following clan tree: In the World Bank shows the following Marehan clan tree.

*Awsame
*Owrmidig

*Baalyeri
**Hodonbari
*Hodonbari
**Gaalshireedle
**Gashashoor
*Gaalshireedle
**Xasan
*Amaanreer
**Maxamed Amaanreer (Wagardhac)
**Cali Amaanreer (Hawraarsame)
**Talxe Amaanreer (Talxe)
**Radamiir Amaanreer
*Wagardhac
** Reer Gadiid wuxuu dhalay 10 ilmo gadiid ah:-
** Cismaan Gadiid
** Liibaan Gadiidb
** Faarax Gadiid
** Maxamed Gadiid
** kooshin Gadiid
** Maxamuud Gadiid
** Diiriye Gadiid
** Warfaa Gadiid
** Axmed Gadiid
** Cigaal Gadiid
** Cismaan Gadiid ayaa Dhalay
** Cali Cismaan
** Axmed Cismaan
** Maxamed Cismaan
** Guray Cismaan
** Cali Cismaan ayaa dhalay
** Cabdile Cali
** faarax Cali
** Cilmi Cali
** Warfaa Cali
** Waalid Cali
** Axmed Cismaan Ayaa dhalay
** Xoday Axmed
** Cigaal Axmed
** faarax Axmed
** Samatar Axmed
** Nuur Axmed
** Reer Wardheere
** Reer Allamagan
** Cumar Dheer
** Reer Afweyne
** Reer Rooble
** Reer Faahiye
** Reer Faatax
** Reer Qeyr
** Sirig
** Reer Ciise
** Siyaad Liiban
** Rubeec
*Radamiir
** WarWaa'Jecle
*WarWaa'Jecle
** Yacquub WarWaa'Jecle (Fiqi Yacquub)
** Ciise WarWaa'Jecle (Habar Ciise)
** Celi WarWaa'Jecle (Celi)
** Muuse WarWaa'Jecle
*Muuse WarWaa'Jecle
** Abaadir Muuse
** Maamasame Muuse
*Abaadir Muuse
** Daa'uud Abadir
** Soonfure Abaadir (Soonfure)
*Daa'uud
** Boqor Maxamed Daa'uud
*Boqor Maxamed Daa'uud
** Cali Maxamed (Cali Dheere)
** Cismaan Maxamed (Reer Cismaan)
** Yuusuf Maxamed (Reer Yuusuf)
** Axmed Maxamed
*Axmed Maxamed
** Ciis
*Ciis
** Mataan
*Mataan
** Reer Garaad
** Hiraabe Mataan
** Yuusuf Mataan
*Yuusuf mataan
** Nuur Yuusuf (Imam Nuur ibn Mujaahid) Ina Nur
** Xuseen Yuusuf
*Xuseen Yuusuf
**Bah Gareen
***Siyaad Xuseen ( Reer Siyaad Xuseen )
***Yabar Xuseen
***Khalaf Xuseen
**Bah Ismaacil
***Axmed Xuseen ( Reer Axmed )
***Cali Xuseen
*Reer Siyaad Xuseen
** Reer Rooble Siyaad
** Reer Nuur Siyaad
** Reer Buraale
** Reer Saanyar
** Reer Faarax Siyaad
** Reer Tuur
** Reer Jimca Doon
** Reer Liiban Dalal
** Reer Cadaan
** Reer Qeyr
** Reer Odowaa
*Khalaf Xuseen
**Samatar Khalaf
**Ugaas Sharmaarke Khalaf
*Ugaas Sharmaarke
**Bah Dir
**Bah Abasguul
**Ugaas Guuleed
*Ugaas Guuleed
**Baho Guuleed
**Faarax Ugaas
*Faarax Ugaas
** Guleed Faarax
** Xersi Faarax
** Samantar Faarax
** Rooble Faarax
** Ugaas Diini Faarax (Reer Diini)
*Ugaas Diini
**Bah Ogaaden
*** Reer Dalal
*** Reer Xirsi
*** Reer Maxmuud Guuled
**Bah Dhulbahante
***Reer Allamagan Diini
** Bah Xawaadle
*** Reer Ugaas Sharmake
*** Reer Siyaad
*** Reer Warsame
**Bah Daraandole
*** Reer Kooshin
*** Reer Nuur
*** Reer Warfaa Diini
*** Reer Shirwac Diini
*** Reer Maxmuud Diini
*** Reer Faarax Diini
*** Reer Qaliif Diini ( Qaliif Gawracane ) Worldbank,
Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics
', January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.57 Figure A-3

Notable people

* Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, the ninth President of Somalia.
* Mohamed Siad Barre, one of the former presidents of Somalia.
* Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, one of the former prime ministers of Somalia.
* Mohamud Ali Magan, the former Minister of Planning,
* Abdi Farah Shirdon, a former Prime Minister of Somalia.
* Mohamed Ali, the director for the Kismayo Regional Islamic Courts under the government of the Juba Valley Alliance.
* Abdiwahid Gonjeh, a former Prime Minister of Somalia.
* Abdirahman Jama Barre, the first Deputy Prime Minister.
* Shire Jama Ahmed, a linguist who implemented the modern Somali Latin script.
*General Yusuf Osman Dhumal, a former Head Commander of Somali Military Forces.
* Farah Hussein Sharmarke, a philosopher and poet.
* Omar Haji Massale, a former Minister of Defence and Health of Somalia
* Ahmed Abdullahi Gulleid, a columnist, writer and researcher.
*Mohamed Hashi Abdi, the former Vice President of the Galmudug State.
* Dr. Mohamed Said Samatar, the founder of the Somali National Front.
*Emir Nur ibn Mujahid, the second conqueror of Ethiopia and the Patron Saint of Harar was one of rulers of parts of the Horn of Africa.
* Fatimo Isaak Bihi, the first Somali female ambassador.
* Khalif Farah Hayir, a poet who mainly creates patriotic poems as well as poems that address Somali social issues.
*Ahmed Warsame, the former Head of the Somali Military Academy.
* Aden Ibrahim Aw Hirsi, an author and politician – helped with planning of the Jubaland State and the current Minister of State for Environment & Climate Change of Somalia.
*Abdullahi Anod, a former Head Commander of the Somali Military Forces.
* Colonel Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale, a former Minister of Defence of Somalia, head of the Jubba Valley Alliance.
*Abdulkadir Sheikh Dini, a former Minister of Defence of Somalia.
*Abdi Shire Warsame, a former Somali Ambassador to Kenya and China and a former Foreign Affairs State Minister in the Transitional National Government.
*Abdulahi Sheik Ismael Fara-Tag, the former head of the Juba Valley Alliance.
* Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, a member of the Pan-African Parliament.
*General Dr. Ali Nur.
*General Mohammed Hashi ''Gaani'', a former Head Commander of the Somali Military Forces as well as being the former head of the SNF.
*Garad Ahmed bin Hirabu.
* Ahmed 'Idaaja'' Farah Ali, a Somali literary scholar and publisher of written folklore.
*Mohamed Aden Sheikh, a medical doctor and held posts at the Ministry of Health, Education and Information.
* Abdulkadir 'Yamyam'' Hersi Siyad was a Somali poet and playwright.
* Ali Matan Hashi, a Somali pilot and Commander of the Somali Air Force between 1959 to 1978.
* Ahmed Sheikh Ali Ahmed.

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{{Somali clans

Darod
Somali clans
Somali clans in Ethiopia