The Surre (, ), is a

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, a sub clan of the major Somali Dir clan, The Surre inhabit in central and southern

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. And also can be found in

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,and

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History

The Surre have been associated with spreading the

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ic faith in Somalia and the Qadiriya

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tariiqa in central and southern Somalia. They left what is now

in approximately 1316 C.E. for central and southern

. The majority of the western scholars (both Italian and British) simply referred to the Surre as the "Dir of Puntland and Southcentral Somalia" without differentiating them. Recent studies in Somalia revealed that the Dir in Nugal,

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, Galgaduud, Hiran, and

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are divided into two branches, the

Qubeys Qubeys قبيس سر در is a branch of the Surre subclan of the Somali people, which is in turn a branch of the greater Mehe Dir tribe. Qubeys is brother to Abdalle Surre Dir. Surre (Abdalle & Qubeys) History & overview Qubeys قبيس, ...

and the Guutaale both descendants of Surre. the Surre were represented by the Southern Somali National Movement led by Abdi Aziz Sheikh Yusuf.

Distribution

Mainly

, the Abdalles and Mohamed Gutale(Habardeel) are the Surre subclans. The Saleban Abdalle clan is mainly local to

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, 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 of Galgaduud region in Galmudug State all the way to the north of Jubba river in Gedo region of

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state mainly in Boholgaras and towns surrounding it divided by the

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border there, the Fiqi Mohamad and Nacdoor of Abdalle predominantly inhabit Dolobay Woreda, with significant population in Chereti (woreda) both in Afder Zone and Jijiga the capital of the Somali state. The

Clan is mainly native to Bacadweyne district as well as many towns under its jurisdiction and in Galkayo in Mudug region of Galmudug State, the Fiqi Qubeys also reside Tawfiiq and areas around it along with their Abdalle brothers, Mirjiicley town of Herale district. The Surre have a sizable presence in both the capital

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and

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where the qubeys resides the town of Golweyn and have a significant presence in

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. A sub subclan of Surre also inhabit in the

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region of

, with the Cabaas Muuse sub subclan being present in Badhan District.

Clan tree

The Surre clan members preserved their lineage and is as follows. Some lineages are also omitted. * Dir *Mehe **Surre ***Qubeys ****Tolweyne *****Ahadoobe *****Reer Toonle ****Yabadhaale *****Midkasse *****Wayaagle ***Habardeel ***Abdalle ****Mohamed Abdalle(Na’door) ****Yusuf Abdalle(Gorod) ****Abdi Abdalle *****Fiqi Mohamed ***** Adan farah ( laxmar) **** Saleban Abdalle *****Fiqi Khayrre *****Muuse Farah

Notable members

* Mahad Abdalle Awad - current second deputy speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia * Qamar Aden Ali - Late former Somali minister of Health * Abdikarim Yusuf Adam(dhagabadan) - Late former Army Chief of staff Somali Armed Forced * Zakia Hussein - A politician and current deputy police of

* Mahad Abdalle Awad - second deputy speaker of the

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References

{{Reflist Somali clans