Sheekhaal Jaziira ( Somali: Shiikhaal Jaziira,

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: شيخال الجزيرة) also known as Aala Ba Hassan ( Somali: Reer Ba Xassan,

: آل باحسن) are a Banaadiri clan mainly from the southern coastal cities of; Jasiira, Jilib Marka, Marka,

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due to trading,

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and farming.

Overview

Ba Hassan, who are more commonly known as Sheekhaal Jaziira get their name from the town in which their patriarch first settled in ( Jaziira). The tomb of their ancestor Sheekh Mohamed Ba Hassan Az-Zubayri is also buried in this village synonymous with this clan and its destination of siyaaro (pilgrimages) to venerate their ancestor Sheekh Ba-Hassan. This revered ancestor of the Ba Hassan. In Marka they are part of the local confederacy, 12 Koofi & Mashaayikh along with clans such as Sheekhaal Gendershe, Reer Khadiib, Gaameedle, Duruqba, Reer Maanyo, Ashraaf Bin Hassan, Ashraaf Mahdali, Ashraaf Ba Alawi, Hatimi and Shanshiya .

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