THE HISTORY OF SOMALI DIR CLAN: TAARIKHDA BEESHA DIREED DIR
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Quranyow Maxammed Xiniftire Dir iyo Tuuf Garre
Bari hore ayaa waxa Quranyow oo ka timid " naaneys" kii Quranka wax ku daweeyay ama " Quraamiyow" waxa uu la kulmay nin odey ah oo la oran jiray Tuuf oo ahaa ina Gardheere Samaale iyo Gabar uu dhalay oo xanuunsaneysa, waxaa la yiri Quranyow oo ahaa nin sheekha ayaa Tuuf wuxuu u daweeyay gabadhisi Makko ee xanuunsaneysay. Halkaan xiriir ayaa ka abuurmay oo Quranyow oo Gadhleh iyo nanaysta Quranyow u baxday iyo Tuuf Gardheere Samaale iyo walalkii Umaacia ayaa wada xididay kadibna sameystay xiriir xididnimo iyo walaal nimo ka dib markii ay galeen xilli ay Booranta Oromo iyo Arsi ay hoos galeen.
Gadhle ( Quranyow) Maxammed Xiniftire waxa uu guursaday Mako oo u dhashay Laba wiil oo ah Ilma Quranyow:
Furkesho ( Furkisho) oo dhalay 7 wiil Hoodkooy, Huredeeq, Daarawa, Birkaya, Hooytare, Kalweesh, Suubukitre.
Iyo Asaare oo Furkisho walaalkiis ah oo dhalay Baana iyo Kiliye. Waana ilma Xiniftire Maahe Dir. Quranyowga wexey sheegan Tuuf oo Sodog u ahaa Quranyow islamarkaan dhihi jiray Adeer baan kuu ahay iyo Quranyow in ay dhaxalka isku darsadeen oo uu Tuuf xoolihiis u dhiibay Quranyow Gaare kuna yidhi wilashiisi sidii Suul Goroyo Gaabta hadii aad ka hadhaan wiilkan adeerka u ahay qabana qabadheyda.
DADKA GARE WAA LABO:
1) Midi waa Tuuf waana Tuuf Gardheere Samaale: Gardheere wuxuu dhalay Garre iyo Umaacia
TuuF wuxuu dhalay labo wiil:
Ali ( Afarta Gember Ali) iyo Adoola (Afar Reer Muug)
Ali wuxuu dhalay: Tawulle, Kaluula, iyo Subdhaw
8da Adoola
Adoola wuxuu dhalay Qalweyn, Odomai, Kalmassa, Bursani, Tubadi, Reer Mug, Maid, Maqaabil,
2) Qeybta Badan ee Dadka Garre Waa Dir oo waa Quranyow Maxammed Xiniftire
Qarnigii 1500 ayaa waxaa Konfurta Somalia u hayaamay beelo Maxammed Xiniftire ah oo ay Ka mid yihiin Biimaal, Badimaal, Gadsan iyo Quranyow Maxammed Xiniftire oo ay walaalo yihin beelaha Isaaq, xiligan waa xiligii Axmed Gurey Cidamadiisi ay Jabiyeen Amxaarada Kiristanka ah oo Adeegsaneysa hubkii PORTAQEESKA IYO QIBTIGA (COPTICS OF EGYPT) MASAR.
Waxaa ay rumeysanyihiin Garraha qeybt Gardheere Samaalaha ah Tuuf ( Adoole iyo Ali) in ay Quranyoow maxammed xinftire Adeer u yihiin oo ay isla dhaqmeen, mid noqdeen kadib markii ay hoos galeen xukunkii Gaalada- Oromada ah ee Booran iyo Aruuso.
Waxaa ay sheegan in: Quranyow Maxammed oo Dir ah kana ah Maxammed Xiniftire Mahe Dir rumeysana in ay la dhasheen Biimaal Maxammed, Bajimaal Maxammed iyo Isaaq Maxammed iyo Madaluug Maxammed oo ay Quranyowgu dhahaan waa ina Xiniftire.
Say doontaba ha ahaatee, Gardheere Samaale wuxuu dhalay Tuuf iyo Gabadh la oran Jiray Makko, Quranyow Maxammed oo Sheikh Quraan ah ayaa Gardheere la kulmay oo gabadhisi xanuunsaneyso, Quranyow ayaa sheikh Quraan ahaa oo Saaray Quraan. Odeygii Gardheere Samaale oo dhalay Tuuf Gardheer, Garrena ah waxaa uu ugu yeeri jiray Quranyow Adeer sababta oo ah waa ka fil weynaa Dir oo Samaale ayuu toos u gali jiray.
Quranyow markii uu daweyay gabadhii Mako eey walaalaha ahayeen tuuf waxaa u hirgashay inuu yahay sheikh wax Quraamiya, Odeygii Tuuf abihii wuxuu siyay Mako oo ah gabadhii u dhalay.
Quranyow oo la baxay Aw Qurraanyo noqdayna sheeikh weyn ay Oromada Gaalada ah ee Boranta dhex dagay iyo Raxanweynta Digil.
Quranyow wexey u kala baxaan: Furkisho (Forkisho) iyo Asarre.
Waxaan ay diidaan in ay yihiin dadka ay ku milmeen sida Raxanweynta Bay iyo Boranta NFD. Marka, Tuuf iyo Quranyow walaalo ma noqon karaan ayay yirahdan Quranyowga waayo hadii ay walaalo yihiin sidee buu u guursaday Quranyow gabadha Makko ileen Walaashi abe iyo hooyo dhaleen ma geeyee.
MADOO BE DIR/ MADAXWEYNECIYAAR SOMALI- CIYAARAHA DIRKA GALBEED
FANANADII NIMCO JAMAC EE DALKA DIREED DJABOUTI
Monday, January 25, 2010
Magaalada Diraa Dhabe: the home of the Dir people
Diraa Dhabay- waa meeshuu waranka ka taagay Dir; maanta Tigree Amxar iyo Oromo ayaa kugu haysta.
dhageeyso Xabashigaan Dir Dir ta ka yeereysa
Direey hurdada ka kac- caashimadahaaga Merka, Galool, Toofiq, Galgaduud (Xeraale, Bacadweyn, Cammaara,Galkacayo)Nageele, Erer Dira dhabe Djabouti Zailac Hiiraan Doolow Luuq Jamaame Qoryooley Hargeysa Ceeri Gaabo Gibiley Nusdariiq, Babiley Harrar Faynbiiro Marsabit Ceelwaaqa (Quranyo Maxammed Darawa=Farkisho iyo Asarre Kaliye) Awdeegle iyo Boorame Boon bal ka fikir Direey
Monday, January 18, 2010
BIIMAAL WORRIORS AND THEIR STRUGGLE WITH ITALIANS
While Boqor Cismaan and Keynadiid of the Majeerteen were selling Somalia to the Italians. And Isaaq, Warsangali, and Dhulbahante submitted to the British colonialist without putting up any struggles the proud Biyomaal Dir faced the enemies with bare spears and clubs the killed many and every time you see Xawo Tako and Mahammed Somali remember it was the Biyomaal.
The Biimal clan is divided into Sacad, Ismiin, Daahow and Suleyman.
The Bimaal was the only Somali clan that put up a major resistence against Italian colonialism and they have lost thousands of worriors in their struggle with the Italians.
This is know as the Biimal Resistence Movement which the Bimaala killed Captain Cecchi and thirteen Italian soldiers at place called "Lafoole" the place of bones.
Also at Turunley thousands of Biimal worriors faced an Italian regiment with primitive weapons and sustained high casualties.
Culture and customs of Somalia By Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, P 23
The Biimaal retained their Pastoral way of life and maintained " Slaves" that is not true the Bimaal allowed freed slaves who escaped the Gelledi and other Rahanweyn groups to settle in their territories and to cultivate. They exchanged and bartered with the Bantu: the Biyomaal provided meat, Ghee (subag) and milk while the Bantu who were under their protection provided Barley, wheat and farmed cotton as early as 1890.
Infibulation: female mutilation in Islamic northeastern Africa By Esther K. Hicks P 260 Also See Muslim Brotherhoods (Biimal resistence)
Politics, language, and thought: the Somali experience By David D. Laitin
Read What the Dictionary of African People said about Dir dictionary By James Stuart Olson
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
BANADIR COAST Arabs: Founding of Qadiriya and Ahmediyya Tariqas amoung Dir
- XAMMER WEYN
Bandhabow, Moorshe, dhabarweyn and Iskashato principly live in Hammer Weyn, Mogadisho. Each group has a group that is attached to them. Hatimi, Aydarus, Shanshi, Durqbo, Kalamashube and Gudmane.
Shanta shangani
The Shanta shangani are mixed Arab and Kushitic who live in the walled compound of Shangani :Amuudi, Yaquub, Reer Manjo, Sedex Gedi and Asharaf
Nayruush New year festival and Istunka are crucial in Banadir
Hatimy clan founders of the Coastal town Brave speak Af Brave a northern Swahilli dielect called Mwinii or Chimawiini (the surrounding Bajun who live on Bajun Island off the coast also speak this languege) and Surrounding Somali Digil Shan Gamas Tunni and attached Tunni Torre who are their serfs.
10th and 12th Centuries
Himyariti Arabs and Persians from Shiraz settled in southern cities like Brave, Zaila, Berbera,Mogadisho, and Merka begining in 10th century .
Mogadisho Xadramaut and Biihani sections are named actually after two Yemani tribes. In Mogadisho the Arabs used to elect a jural authority from the Qahtan Ibn Wali sub clan. By 1300 Mogadisho ruled by Muzzafar Dynasty a mixed sultanate of Somali Arab City dwellers.
1600 -1700 Muzzafar Dynasty weakens and township rule of Hamarweyn/Shangani under pressure from nomadic tribes of Somali Dir and Hawiyya. Also by this time the Portugees colonize Swahil coast which became dominated earlier by another Arab group, this time the Ibadi Omanis. Portugees and Omanis ships struggle over coastal area.
Dir clans like Biimaal and the Mudulood/Karanle Hawiye oust the Ajuuran rulers of the region who monopolized the Arab/Persian trade of the Coastal area. Ajuuran Dynasty dominated Hawiye clans until they ousted them from Mogadisho. The Dir pursued the Ajuuran to Merca until all left. The region also becames know as Beynkii Direed or Beenadir after the powerful Bimaal establish a Sultant of their own after defeating successive Silcis, Gobroon, and mysterious Amaarani or Hamranis who ruled parts of the Coast. Banadir like Dira Dhabe are two famous cities that have Dir names.
1300-1400 Shangani and Hamarweyne were in existence and Hamarweyn was the dominant section of Mogadhiso. 1600 Hawiye clans (Karanle and Mudulood) ancestors of Murasade and Abgaal enter the City and the Dir clans ( Bimaal-Dabruube and Qubeys Midkase Afrax clans). By 1600 the Bimaal impose their rule on Arabs of coastal Banadir area from Jazira all the way to Merca and as far as Brave. The Hawiye gained full control of Shangani and Hamerweyn imposing an Abgaal imaam by 1800;the Geledi used to rule before that as Imams.
Qadiriya, Ahmediyya Rifa'yya and Salihiya Tariqas
Some of the "pure" Arabs of Merca Brave and Mogadisho followed the Rifa'iya Dariiqa. Most of pure Somalis like the Dir and Hawiye were Qadiriya tariqas or Salihiyya- Ahmediyya like Biimaal Dir. Qadiriya come to Harrar area and home of the Dir in the 1500's according to most sources the Tariqa was brought to the region by the Sheikh Abu Baker Ibnu Abda Allah Al Aydarusi 1508-1509 know as Al Qutb al Rabanni and Al Adani he was a Sayid of Shia of Yeman where his mosque in today in Yeman, Adan.
Ahmediya and its offshot Salihiyya was brought to the South in 1880s its first Sheikh Ali Maye Durogba and spread amoung the Dir (Biimaal /Dabruube and Suure) of Merca area and later to Ogadeen.
Ahmediya was founded by Sheikh Ahmed Idiris Al Fasi 1760- 1860. Salihiyya founded by Mohammed Ibnu Salah 1887 and Rashidiyya by Ibrahim Rashid a student of Ahmed Idiris.
Salihiyya's first Sheikh
Sheikh Mohammed Guuled, a former "Slave" according to some scholars like I.M Lewis, was first Salihiyya sheikh who founded a Jamaca amoung Shidle Bantu of Shabeel. He died 1908 at Misir amoung Shiidle.
Later Salihhiyya was made popular in Somali by the Darvishes of Mohammed Abdulle Hassan a Bah Gari (Habar Suleymaan) Ogadeen who visited Mecca 1893 meeting Shiekh Mohammed Salah in Mecca. 1895 Sayid gave himself Khalif and later claimed even to be a Mahdi and declaring Jihad against the British it seems Inna Cabdulle Hassan was coping the Mahdi of Sudan whom he heard about on his way to Mecca. The Mahdi of Sudan who was fighting in Sudan against British/ Egyptian rulers also proclaimed himself to be the awaited Mahdi.
Sheikh Salihi later heard of the numbers of Muslim Somalis that Darvishs killed and their looting, raping and inhuman treatment of their enemies and he was condemmed by Salihi retracted his permission to represent his Tariqa in Somalia.
- Pre Islamic Saints with Baraka Aw Ciiltire- protects against crocadilles attacks and Hippo attacks
- Aw Mad- protector of Harvests and fertility of Farms amoung Digil/Mirifle Raxanweyn
- Haddan Maddeer prophetic predictor of the coming of Islam and organiser against Oromo Arsi/Orma/Borana
- Awqutb Fiqi Cumar with Seven Sons
Founding of Jamacs Sufi settlement in Jubba and Shabeelle
The Dir
Saintly clan ? Reer Sheikh Muumin in the Bay Ancestor's Shrine of Buur Hakaba amoung Eelay are venerated for their Baraka- Italian Colonialist Fernandi 1903 after he sense their hostility to Italian colonialism due to the Italians destruction and war against Biimaal calls them sorcerers .
Saintly Tribal groups in Jubba/shabeelle region
- Also Sheikhasha Loobagi clan which unlike Au Qutb Fiqi Omar claims to be Herab their ancestor Sheikh Saad is buried in Galadi ??
- Ashraaf amoung Saarman tribes of Bay- expulsion of Harow and remaining Leysan Bari and Leysan Hore
- Walamoji amoung Eelay are sheikhs and rulers they say they expelled the previous sheikh rulers the Reer Faqi- Sheikh Hussen shrine Bale area.
- Waaqbare are made of three sections also claim to be from the Dir controlled sheikh Hussen shrine areas and have connections to Arsi region-- amoung Dabarre
- Dir rulers amoung chiefs of Geeladle
- the Ashraaf of shangaani are Ba Alawi of Yeman
Sheikh Ali Kurre 1880s founder of the Bardheere Jamaca which was later destroyed 1843 by Geledi Gobroon Sultan who himself and son both died in a later battle with the Bimaal clan. Bardheere Jamaaca's influence reached Brave, Moolimat and Bay region. Jamaca later recreated by Eelay sheikh Mohammed Eedan (Adan)
Adoption and incorparation into the group of diffrent clans to from Jamaca
Sheikh Ali Afey Durogba of Merka Ahmediyya Sheikh. The Bimaal Resistence against the Italian was mostly led by Dir Ahmediyya Macalimin or Sheikhs
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Ancient Somali Dir Clans Constitution: Xeerkii iyo Xeerbeegti
- Xeerbeegtida garta wexey u kala saaraan:Curad - gar horey loo xaliyay oo akhyaartu kasto iyo mid lama arag ah oo ay Ugub u yeeraan. Precedence or novel.
- Xeer Alleh oo Suuru ay u yaqanaan Garta Illah oo Shareeco da ah Quran iyo Hadiith, Khabiirkuna loo yaqaan Fiqi ama xaakim diinta iyo shareecada kabiir ah. Gar Odey Ama Gar Xeer beegti waa kuwa xeerka aji ga yaqaan Xeer Somaliga -oo si miisaman u gar naqa- beeg waa miisan ama waxlax laqu qiyaso oo cabirta garta.
- "weelasha lagu missaamo hadhuudka waatan dhahno waxa baa lagu beegaa. Heer kul beege- therometer garta beega ama misaama
- Garsoore- kadibna garta sidey tahay u kala soora- siismo sida cuntata. Xaq soore ama mid Garta soora.
- Garaad: waa kalmad ay beelahan hada madaxa qaaday ee xukun iyo darajada jecel sida daroodka ayaad ku arki . Laba dhulbahante ah oo isku disha anigu garaad baan ahay iyo garaad anaa kaa sareeya is dili jiray ayaan habeen dhan ka dhadhicin kari waajay macanaha Dirkii hore magacaan u lahaa.
- Gar-aad wuxuu ahaa beelo markey is qabtan ninka garta u aadi jiray kalana saari jiray beeshisa iyo ta kale. Shaqo culus oo laga kala cararo ayay aheyd waayo gar-aadah Direed in uu Garta si sax ah u sooro oo hadii laga leyahay iyo hadii kaleba runt ka hadla.
- Waatii Dirkii hore oran jireen Gar-waaqso kas garta Alleh.
- Garta Alleh iyo Garta Odey ama Sida Madoobe Dir dhahaan Xeer Alleh iyo Xeer Oday. Waa kala saarida shareecad Ilaahey ee Quranka iyo Samaha aan ka dhaxalnay abkii hore, waa xeerka ajiye.
Barax- waa marka leysku milo ama dhafo Garta Alleh ( Shareecada iyo Quraanka) iyo Xeerkii hore Garta Odeyga. Suulux ( Sulxin) ayay Fiqiyadu ama imaamada isku dayi jiree oo ah in Xeerka Odayaasha iyo xeerka Alleh la is waafajiyo, oo xeer Somaliga la hoos keeno Islamka, lagana jaro wixii Islaama reebo intii la Barxin lahaa. Baraxa waa marka xeerka odeyga oo lid ku ah xeerka Alle la is dhinac eryo labadoo isla hor imanaya. Fiqiyada Suure ee muduug 1700 kii waxaa ay istacmali jireen Suluxin ama sulux oo ah qalooci xeer odeyga ilaa ka Alleh uu aqbalo, hadii oo ka hor imaneena daa oo hir gali.
1700-1800 intii u dhexeysay Fiqiyada Surre ee konfurta ayaa wexey ku caayi jireen dhaqanka Somalida Barax (Badhax) mid qasan oo ka kooban Shareeco iyo cadadii hore, ikuna dayi Jireen in ay nadiifiyaan, sida hada ay Maxakiimta iyo Wadaadada cusub ee Somalia.
Xeerka Aji Dir
Qarnigii 800 xeerka guud ee Dir ee somali oo dhan qadatay ee Xeer Aji la yirahdo ayaa Sameysmay. Beelaha weey badaleen ama gobol walba naqtiin iyo dib u habeen ayuu ku sameeyay Xeerka Aji.
Xeer Bimaal 1400
Xeerka Isaaq 1300
Ciise iyo Gadabuurisi oo isu xeer dhaw waxa ay dib u habeyntii ugu dambeyay Sameeyeen 1500 Dhicidii Awdal / Ifat State ama Boqortoyadii Gurey markii ay dhacday. Xeer Ciisah1560 kii waxaa lagu sameyay Aiysha oo 360 odey ay u fadhiyeen 12 bilood.
Surra Dir xeer ayay sameeysteen oo dib loo habeyay 1700.
Xeerka Sameyntiisa
Inta badan odeyaal badan ayaa fariista xiliyada isbadallada dhacaan ama dagaalada oo wexey ka wada hadlaan arrimahan
Xeerka Guud
- Xilo -Guurka
- dhaqasho- reerka
- Deegan
- Xoolo
- Maamuus Hospitality
- Maslaxaada Guud ee bulshada maxay tahay sideena loo sharciyeeya, si uunsan nin walba salaada ugu tukan dhankuu doono.
Si ay Xeer Guud u dajiyaa, waxyaabah sameeya bulshada iyo dismaha bulshada, dhaqaanka. Xeerka Guud = Civil Law- Xeer guud regulates day to day living and guides all social interrelations.
Xeerka guud waa sharci saameeya bulsho weyn oo haga una tilmaama sida suuban ee loo wada noolado.
Xeer Gaar- waa marka qeyb yar ama gaar ah oo bulshada ka mida ay soo food saaran dhibatoying aan kuwa kale haysan oo odayashooda ay si gaar ah u sameystaan Xeer Gaar ah oo aysan bulshada inteeda kale lehey. Beelah Zaila ama Barbara markii ay ka sameysmeen ganacsato waaweyn oo noloshoodu ku dhisantahay ganacsi iyo mayacmushtar oo ay ka soo bexeen xoola dhaqatadii xeer gaar nidaamiya ganacsiga oo xeer xoolo dhaqatadu u sameeyan ayay sameeysteen. Sidoo kale Dirka Koonfurta oo beero lahan jirin markaa ay yimaadeen Jubbada hoose waxa ay sameysteen Xeer Gaar kuwood beeraleyda noqday.
Xissi - xeer aasaasi ah oo tarikhiyaan soo jireen ahaa oo an lagaba doodi karin, leyskuna raacsan yahay kor iyo hoos bulshadoo idil.
6) Dhiiga Criminal law
- Dilka - Qudha
- Qoon-
- Tuugo
- Dhaca
- Magta ama Diyada
- Xalinta Aano- marka dil dhaco, oo kooxdii laga dilay la mag dhabin, kooxdii laga dilayna aarsi iyo caradooda laga baqayo
- Magtu waa imisa, sideese tolku u geybsan doonaa, Jufo, jilib, reer iyo wixii la mida
- Magta inta isla bixisa waa koox siyasadeed oo wada duula wadana aarsada, intee Diyada isla bixisa Diya- Paying Group.
- Qofka dila yaa loo raacanayaa, oo jilibkee ka midyahay
Xeerka Guud wuxuu mar walba eegi jiray dhibaatooyinka soo noq noq da ee Somalidu isku qab qab sadaan, sida dhulka, markuu dhaco dil, boobka xoolaha, iyo aano, qoon, ilaa aflagaado.
Gar Dhaw- waa marka laba kooxood ama ruux oo is haysta xaalkooda xeer beegti la dhex keeno oo laga doodo oo loo gar naqo iyadoo la raadinayo eedeysane iyo mid laga gar daran yahay si loo xukumo. Geer beegti, garsoore, iyo qareen ayaa garta meel mariyaa.
Dhaqashada somalida waxa ay isku dayi jireen oo cado ka dhigeen Dumaal, si hadii nin dhinto walalkii ama ehelkii mid aad ugu dhaw loo dhiso gabadhuu ka tagay si reerkii ay caruurtey dhashay uga bixin oo nin shisheeyo oo laga baqayo inuu xumeeyo caruurta uu san dhalin asagu. Hadii nin gabadh ka dhimato oo ay caruur ka tagto, ninka waxaa loo dhisi jiray walaasheed oo caruurtii hore habaryar u ah oo leysleeyahay weey u tudhi doontaa oo waxaba ka garan meeyso Somalidu cadadan Xigsiin ayay dhih jireen
Godobtir waxaa loogu tala gali jiray hadii nin geeysto dil fool xun reerka laga dilay ninka xoolo iyo gabadh ka dhalatay reerka wax dilay ayaa laykugu dari jiray si dhiigu u joogsado
- Qareen waa kalmad 1400 sano ka hor ay isticmaali jireen Garaadayasha ama xeerbegtida kuwa difaaca edysan ama la eedeyaha.
" Mahamaah: Misko la koro miskiin baa leh, " ayay somalidu tidhi, ayagoo u jeeda qofku hadii uu tabar daran yahay wax taageero ah na haysan yaa difaacaaya.
Ajidii hore waxa ay ogaadeen xaq daro fara badan in ay ka soo foofto kuwa bulshada ugu awood sareeya iyadoo dhibo fara badan gaarsiisa ka awooda badan leheyn. Dadka noocan ah ee daciifka ah yaa difaacaya ?
Dirka, konfurta waxa ay sheegan odeyga Direed wiilkiisa Maahe Dir in uu arinkaan ka gubtay, kadib markii uu arkay in mar walba ay dulmanayaasha yihiin kuwa ugu xooga yar Somalida. Waxaa uu ku jawaabay maadama Weyn, Abuurah iyo uumah ifka uu xaq soorah runta ah yahay oo uu si un ugu aaro ka daciifka ah ee uu isagu uunto. Waxaa la yiri muddo dhoor iyo toban sano kadib ayuu soo kacay aroor oo uu yiri, " Nabsi ayuu weynuhu adeegasadaa", oo si uun baa loo ciqaaba kii tabar yarah Dhib. Waxaa la yiri, gabey iyo guubabo ayuu ku fidiyay fikradaan Nabsiga. I uu Illahey si toos ah oon lex lexad leheyn uu ugu aaro adoontiisa tabarta yar. Waa " Waa waxa la dhihi karo " instant Divine Retribution" ciqaa xaga illahey uga timaada kuwa dhiba masaakinta, tabar ta yar. Mahe Dir wuxuu wiilkiisi curad ka ahaa u baxshay Xiniftire- ama mid isku tax luujiyo inuu la dagaalamo xanuunka xaq darada la xiriira, Xinif-Tire (Xanuunkaa bi'iye) sida dadka waa weyn siiba Habraha madhaleyka, ruux kasta oon tabar iyo xeelad uu isku difaac leheyn, dadka laga tiro badan yahay, Kuwa safarka ah, agoonta, iyo kuwa maskaxda looga jiro ( Waalan ama Maraanka ah)
Waa Dhab: Misko la koro miskiin baa leh.
- Maanta Soomaliya wexey la gubaneysaa oo la holceysaa kuwooda tabarta leh wexey bah dilaan oo gumeystaan kuwooda tabarta yar.
- Maseyrka ka haysta iyo kaan heysan waxaa ka dhashay dad in ay lugaha isugu dhuftaan tol iyo qaraabo mid walba oo iswada xasda. Isu ogaleen nimacada Illahey ee cidwalba deeqda.
THE ISAAQ DIR CLAN OF SOMALIA: WHY ISSAQ IS DIR ( New Videos Added)
http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/bsvec1_unhcr2000.pdf
SEE UNITED NATIONS SOMALI GENENEOLOGICAL CHART SHOWING DIR (SOMALI
CLANS)ABOVE LINK
This paper is a response to a paper circulated on the net called "Somaliland protests being called Northern Dir" as a Dir man and a Somalilander I would like to set the record straight and correct the author of this paper. This is the body of the E- mail I sent him.
The Quran States that you are Ahul Naar if you claim other then your Father's family. So Dear brothers of Isaaq it is unislaamic to claim the Qureysh when you are not from them.
Quran says: “Call them (adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers, that is more just with Allaah…” [al-Ahzaab 33:5]
There are some very stern warnings regarding this from Allah and his Prophet (pbuh). Read below:
The Prophet (pbuh) said: “Whoever calls himself by other than his father’s name (or attributes himself to someone other than his father), will be cursed by Allaah, the angels and all the people.” (Reported by Ibn Maajah, Book of punishments, 2707)
Sheikh Isaaq was the eldest son of Mohammed or Ahmed which is the same name since the holy prophet of Islam Mohammed was also Ahmed (SAW). Sheikh Isaaq was the eldest son of Sheikh Mohammed Xiniftire Mahe Dir. The Isaaq clan are directly related to the Bimaal , Baajimaal, Quranyow Mohammed Xinifter ( a branch of the Garre of NFD and Ethiopia) and Dabruube clans who directly descend from Dir through the line of Mahe Dir.
Isaaq Suclans
Sheikh Isaaq married one wife and had four sons with Magaado and an had four more sons with an Absyssinian Ethiopian wife Habar Habuush
Habar Magaadle
- Arap
- Awal (Abdulraxman)
- Garxajis ( Habar Yonis and Cidagale)
- Ayuub
- Muse
- Toljalo
- Ibran
- Sanbuura
The Mahe Dir clans and the Isaaq when in Southern Somalia act as such and many Isaaq pay the Diya ( Mag) with the above clans and they receive direct protection as cousins. Moreover, when the SNM came into existence it found most of its non-Isaaq support first from the Southern Xinifter Mahe Dir clans like Biymaal subclan Gadsan and also the non Xiniftire clans who are Mahe or other Dir groups. As a matter of fact, the Mahe Dir clans adopted in 1980s the Isaaq founded movement's name SNM adding just Southern. The Southern Somali National Movement (SSNM) was the leading Southern Dir political movement. Later the Isaaq led SNM whose chairman was Abdirahman Tuur (Habar Yonis) and the SSNM led by Abdi Warsame Isaaq of the Bimaal Gadsan Mohammed Xinifter merged with General Aideed's SNA Somali national Allience along with Omar Jess an Ogadeen general.
Later on the Isaaq Ina Koosar was sent to Central Somalia and Mustaxil Khalaafo area in order to meet and seek support for the SNM from the powerful central Dir clans of Mudug, Galgaduud, Western Somali region and Sanaag clans which included the Surre (Cabdalle and Qubeys) and the Habar Gidir clans. Ina Koosar was assassinated shortly after meeting the Surre -Gadsan-Bajimaal elders in Mustaxiil - Qalafo. This happened in 12 07 1987 and its well known.
Somalis Universally View Isaaq as Dir
The Somalis universally consider the Isaaq as Dir and they Isaaq identifies themselves as such when in Southern Somalia. When the Barre goverment collapsed in 1990, most Southern Dir were seen in Mogadisho diffrent areas rescuing fleeing Isaaq and those who remained were protected by Dir millitias even without the asking of the Isaaq. Western scholars of Somalia all acknowledged that the Isaaq were Dir ; however, most cited that the Isaaq following the led of the Darood adopted a fictious Arab genealogy.
Moreover, all Isaaq claim to be Irir Samaale and it is well known that Irir had only two sons on Dir and the other Hawiye. And this is a well know fact.
Citation: What Western Scholars Say about
All the major clans Somalis including the Dir, Hawiye and Rahaweyn in the past emphasized their Quraish pedigree by claiming direct descent from Aqiil Ibnu Abu Taalib whom they claim arrived with Ja'far Ibnu Abu Taalib in the first Hijra 615 A.D, the Dir claim that seven years after this contact one Aqiil Ibn Abu Talib returned to the Horn of Africa and fathered Hiil Samaale the founding father of all Somali clans.
For some odd reason baised western scholors exaggerated the Darood, Isaaq, Sheeikhal and Ajuuran clans of Somalia while ignoring the older and similar claims of the older Somali clans like the Rahanweyn and Dir-Hawiye.
I.M Lewis's books on Somalia all acknowledge the Isaaq's Dirness and he even draws the charts showing that Isaaq are direct lineal descendents of the Dir clan.
Moreover I M Lewis wrote, " All Somali pride in their purported Arab ancestory", and this include the Hawiye and Rahanweyn, even though he notes the recent increase of this claim amoung the Darood, Sheikha, and Ajuuran Hawiye clan.
I.M Lewis
I M Lewis states, "all Somalis regard the Isaaq as lineal descendents of Dir" and he notes their recent development of ,"independent agnatic descent from Arabia. (P-142, Nomadic Democracy)
I.M Lewis states, " strictly speaking the Isaaq are derived from the Dir, who together with the Hawiye are linked as "Irir" at a higher level of genelogical grouping." In his book, Understanding Somali and Somaliland Society : Culture History and Society-Ioan M Lewis P- 4
Invention Of Somalia Chart
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Lieut. Cruttenden and Richard Burton Both report that the Isaaq
Richard Burton
In his book, The first Foot Steps 1846 wrote, " the Isaaq, Gadabuuris, Barsuuk, and Issas of Somalia are all of Dir origin. He spells Dir as "Dur or Tir".Richard Burton,wrote:
The old and pagan genealogies still known to the Somal, are Dirr, Aydur, Darud, and, according to some, Hawiyah. Dirr and Aydur, of whom nothing is certainly known but the name10, are the progenitors of the northern Somal, the Eesa, Gudabirsi, Ishak, and Bursuk tribes. Darud Jabarti 11 bin Ismail bin Akil (or Ukayl) is supposed by his descendants to have been a noble Arab from El Hejaz, who, obliged to flee his country, was wrecked on the north-east coast of Africa, where he married a daughter of the Hawiyah tribe: rival races declare him to have been a Galla slave, who, stealing the Prophet’s slippers12, was dismissed with the words, Inna-tarad-na-hu (verily we have rejected him): hence his name Tarud ([Arabic]) or Darud, the Rejected.13 The etymological part of the story is, doubtless, fabulous; it expresses, however, the popular belief that the founder of the eastward or windward tribes, now extending over the seaboard from Bunder Jedid to Ras Hafun, and southward from the sea to the Webbes14, was a man of ignoble origin.
Journal of African history: Volume 3,Roland Anthony Oliver, J. D. Fage - 1962 "Thus while the Isaaq regard themselves as a separate clan-family tracing their agnatic origins directly to Arabia and only acknowledge a connexion by marriage with the Dir, other Somali regard them as of full Dir affiliation"
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N - Page 194 ,Siegbert Uhlig - 2007 - 1211 pages writes," Isaaq /*Dir) is one of the most important / Somali clans and is formed by the /'Habar Awal - Sacad Muuse (Sacad Muuse) and cIisa Muuse (Ciisa Muuse) ... contin Garxajis and Arap
The invention of Somalia - Page 251 Ali Jimale Ahmed - 1995 - 265 pages -
intangible culture, the emergence of the Darood and the Isaaq seems quite clearly to have gone along with a shift in religious belief. The Darood and Isaaq differentiated themselves from their historical Dir ancestry by each claiming an Arab ancestary"...
In the classical poem Guba the Isaaq are Identified as Dir and their poet states:
In Gube a Dhulbahante Darood poet Ali Adan, who was trying to play the Ogadan and Isaaq against each other stated:
In reply to the Ogadeen and the Dhulbahante, the great Isaaq, Habar Yonis, poet who was from the sub clan of Beyle Ugaadhyahan, Mr. Cismaan Beyle, answered to the Darood poets and he agrees with the Ogaaden poet and states, "Yes,the Isaaq are Dir". And all the Land belongs to the Dir, who is the Darood to claim this land. Isn't Darood the Stranger I found in the wilderness and whom I gave Donbiro and welcomed him when he was nothing.
GABEEYGII GUBA- Isaaq waa Dir
Gabeyga guba waa gabey uu nin ka bilaawday nin Dhulbahante ah oo rabay in uu Ogaadeen iyo Isaaq isku diro, oo dagaal ka dhex oogo labadaan beelood ee wada daga.
Ninkii Dhulbante oo ahaa CALI AADAN (Dhulbahante) Ogaadeen waa doqomo ayuu yiri oo Isaaq ayaa doolo (baad) ka qaada.
Erayadii CALI AADAN (Dhulbahante)
Doqonkii Ogaadeen ahaa Doollo laga qaadye
Loo diid Dannood iyo hadduu degi lahaa Ciide
Nimanbaa dalkoodiyo xukuma labadi daaroode
Habar-Yoonis bay uga durkeen degeladoodiiye
Dullinimo inay qaayibeen waxaw daliilkiiya
Dadba weli ma arag Reer-Subeyr duul ka soo baxaye
Dooyiyo dabriyo weerar iyo malaha duullaane
[b]Ninnaba uunka kama dawladsana Dir iyo Daaroode [/b]
Ilaah baa dabkoodiyo sandahay danabadoodiiye
Dadka uguma liitaane wey diriri waayeene
Afartaa sidii dalab la riday maysu daba joojay
Da'daan kaga bilaabiyo miyaan deelki ka habawshay
Ma dalleeyay deelqaafku waa kaa dilaa gabaye
Dacwad kalana waa Reer Xirsiga halan dareensiiyay
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Gabeygii Guba waxa la tiriyay 1919-1920 waanu ka horeeyay Shirkii Carta haddii qaar maangaaba oo Isaaq ku sheekeyan Carta ayaa lagu abuuray magaca Dir. Habar Yonis Ayaan sheegeys gabeygaan cida uu Isaaq yahay, Daroodkuna waa sheegayaan.
Ninkii Ogaadeen isagoo xanaqsan ayuu gabey ku jawaabey oo yiri:
1. Isaaq (Idoor) waa Dir oo yaa la da'ah, Isaaq waa Dunji (Sinji Habar Magaadle). Ninkaan Direed ee i dilay adaa iga daran oo Darood ila sheeganaya (Isaaq Dir weeyee hadduu duulan soo kiciyo
Dunji Habar Magaadluhu hadduu dabarka soo gooyo
Dunbuq iyo rasaastana hadduu debecsanuu siiyo)
Aday dilaye goormaa Isaaq Doollo iga qaaday
Maxaa libinta Daarood lahaa dabacayuun siiyey
Hadday Dubaxul uga heesayaan dacarba waan siine
Miyey haatan daab iyo ul iyo kaga cabbaan dawlis
Dusha daalis oo dibi dhaloon loo danbarinaynin
Oo kii lahaa diideybay sidig ka doontaaye
Kuwan derisnay dooxeer haddaan sebenka daduunsho
Waxa adiga duug kaaga noqon yayga degi waayey
Gabdhaha doonnan dadabtan dhisniyo xidid dariiqaynta
Kuwaan dihannay diricay dhaleen waa dareeemadae
Muslinka hayga didin yaan ibleeys dawyo kaa ridine
Darka jabay dilaalkio dhulkuu dabadku meeraayo
Deeqii Illaahay halkuu xuliyey daadkiisa
Ii daa dugaag iyo Hartay igaga deyraanne
Iidoor Dir weeyee hadduu duulan soo kiciyo
Dunji Habar Magaadluhu hadduu dabarka soo gooyo
Dunbuq iyo rasaastana hadduu debecsanuu siiyo
Horta yaa la da'a wayla yaab dawyadaad xuliye
Ogaadeen ka daan iyo ka daan doolo soo gudubye
Diinkaan akhriyey way imaan dooy raggii jiraye
Dunji maalintaa waxad qabtaan waan u daahirinne
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Markii ay sheeko halkaas mareyso ayaa nin Habar Yonis Yawle la yiraahdo oo katirsan beesha Beyle Ugaadhyahan ee Cismaan Beyle.
Gabeygii soo galay oo u jawaabay Daroodka isagoo sheeganaya:
1.Isaaq waa Dire hadii uu duulan soo qaado
2. Daaroodkana in uu dalka soo dajiyay Isaaq oo Dir ah oo ay Gabadh Doonbiro la yiraahdo siiyeen Daroodka ayuu sheegtay ninkii Isaaq ee Habar Yonis.
Dureemada hawd la garay
Dixid war-idaad la garay
Dayuuskani yuu galaa
Transitionsal Goverments of Somalia
In the past 10 years since Somalia was lacking a central goverment several reconciliation conferences were held in Cairo, Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia between 1993-2009 and all conferences a formula of 4.5, which means the four major clans Dir, Darood, Hawiye, Rahanweyn will share goverment equally. Thousands of Isaaq Ministers, Members of Parliment and Guurti or Clan elders from Habar Awal, Habar Jeclo, Habar Yonis and Arap joined these conferences and they all consider themselves as Dir men and women.
Isaaq scholars from the great Musse Galaal a mentor and silent contributor to all that I. M Lewis writes and well know, respected ex-police chief of Somalia, Mr. Jama Ghalib both respected their Dir heritage and always defended their Dir-ness. Jama Ghalib, in his book, " The Cost of Dictatorship", acknowledge the crucial financial and membership support the Isaaq dominated, SNM received from all Southern Dir groups, especially, the Mahe Dir, Mohammed Hiniftire, subclans which the Isaaq is a member of, like the Gadsan, Biimaal, Bajimaal, and Surre clans of Ethiopian region. Also, Jama Ghalib, acknowledged the Hawiye contributions.
The official UN and Kenyan Records listed over 1000 prominent Isaaq clan elders who joined the Somali Reconciliation conference in Kenya and this is one of the official lists at the begining of the conference:
Name Clan Sub Clan
Mohamud Mohamed Ali Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Hassan Badmaax Meegaag Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Jama ali matan Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
omar ali moulid Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Soleman Hussein Muse Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Mohamud Ahmed Duale Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Ahmed Ali Hsaan Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Dahir Mohamed Abdullahi Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Ali Mohamed Hashi Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Mohamed Buhi Dhegoole Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Abdullahi Hassan Mohamed Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Abdiweli Abdullahi Mohamud Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Qowdan Abdullahi Mohamud Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Suudi Elmi Hireey Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Sahra Ahmed Kariye Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Asha Ali Mahdi Dir Isak-Ciida-Gale
Name Clan Sub Clan
Omar Ali Hassan Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Ismail Ahmed Cige Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Hassan Arabala Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Abdullahi Dahir Abdi Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Abbas |Mohamud Mumin Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Sheikh Said Abdalla Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Bashir Mohamed Abdirahman Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Ahmed Abdikarim Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Hariir Adan Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Ahmed Ali Nur Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Abdullahi Ali Said Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Farah Jama Farah Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Abdirizak Mohamed Hersi Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Ismail Cadantegey Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Mohamed Abdullahi Abbas Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Ali Abdi Ahmed Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Said Abyan Hayd Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Mohamed Hersi Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Ahmed Abdirahman Mohamed Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Hassan Sheikh Ibrahil Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Yahya Ahmed Reygal Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Hawo Musse Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Safiya Hassan Qalinle Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Sahra Kahin Abdi Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Amina Osman Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Nimo Ali Hassan Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Said Yusuf Dir Issak-Habar-Yonis
Musse Ali Elmi Dir Issak-Arab
Khadar Iman Adan Dir Issak-Arab
Omar Ali Arale Dir Issak-Arab
Ahmed Iman Adan Dir Issak-Arab
Elmi Warsame Mohamed Dir Issak-Arab
Abdullahi Nur Mohamed Dir Issak-Arab
Mohamed Hassan Abdullahi Dir Issak-Arab
Amina Awil Ali Dir Issak-Arab
Yurub Raabi Osman Dir Issak-Arab
Ebado Mohamud Diriye Dir Issak-Arab
Ahmed Mohamed Guled Dir Issak-Arab
Ahmed Elmi Warsame Dir Issak-Arab
Hussein Ali Adan Dir Issak-Arab
Mohamed Ali Adan Dir Issak-Arab
Awil Ali Mahaad Dir Issak-Arab
Nimo Karrani Dir Issak-Arab
Ahmed Mohamed Omar DirIssak-Ayub
Ahmed Bajir Ahmed Dir Issak-Imran
Mohamud Abi Warsame DirIssak-Imran
Adan Ismail Roble Dir Issak-Sanbuur
Said Adan Mire Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Abdi Haji Mohamed Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Abdirizak Hussein Hassan DirIssak-Habar Je’lo
Yusuf Botan Duale Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Abdullahi Hayir Duale Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Adan Jama Duale Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Farah Subie Mohamed Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Mohamed Ismail Gedi Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Egeh Waeys Roble Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Amina Omar Jama Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Faduma Ali Abdi Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Nuro Mohamud Mohamed DirIssak-Habar Je’lo
Istar Duale Warsame Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Haweya Sahal Gedi Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Jibril Aydid Mohamed Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Abdi Osman Awale Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Ali Osman Hassan Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Abdi Saleban Biyole Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Mohamud Adan Dirir Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Hussein Ahmed Hassan DirIssak-Habar Je’lo
Warsame Jama Isse Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Ali Hassan Jama Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Ali Saleban Duale Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Abdi Ahmed Garyare Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Salah Nur Ismail Badbado Dir Issak-Habar Je’lo
Omar Haji Awad Qurshe Dir Issak
Ahmed Yusuf Shide Dir Issak
Farah Ali Shide Dir Issak
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Dir Issak
Mohamed Yasin Awale Dir Issak
Said Mohamed Abdullahi Dir Issak
Mohamed Ahmed Ismail Dir Issak
Hassan Ahmed Ali Dir Issak
Ahmed Ismail Osman Dir Issak
Ahmed Mohamed Adan Dir Issak
Sheikh Said Mahaad Abdalla Dir Issak
Maryan Dirir Dir Issak
Sahra Ismail Adan Dir Issak
Fowzia Hassan Dir Issak
Sahra Mohamed Farah Dir Issak
Rowda Abdullahi Diriye Dir Issak
Kaltun Ismail Adan Dir Issak
Kowsar Osman Dir Issak
Mohamed Ahmed Gaheyr Dir Issak
Omar Mohamed Abdi Dir Issak
Abdullahi Ismail Mohamed Dir Issak
Deeq Abdi Hashi Dir Issak
Said Jabril Ali Nur Dir Issak
Most of these Isaaq were business owners and others who lived in Mogdisho for a long time. Why would these prominent men claim, die, and fight along side their Dir distant cousines like the Bimaal,Suure-Cabdalle and Qubeys, Mandaluug and other northern Dir clans like the Issas and Gadabuursi. The Southern Dir Groups like the Suure ( Qubeys and Cabdalle) who where heavely armed where the direct protectors of many Isaaq and other unarmed groups in Mogadisho and there were numerous clashes between Xamar Moorayan and the Suure millitias backed by northern Dir and Bimaal Gadsan when several vehicles were stoled from the Isaaq Dir.
Muuse Galaal Somali Isaaq Historian
The world renowned Somali History scholar, Mr. Musse Galaal, who is Habar Jeclo, invited dozens of Somali Dir shortly before his death in Saudi Arabia in the 1980's and after one of the guests asked him about I. M Lewis and the false propaganda of Isaaq Arabness he spread. Galaal replied, I.M Lewis is a mentor of his but he never agreed about how he distorted Isaaq history. Galaal added, we are all in an Arab country and the richest Arab country where Islaam was born but I will tell you today I am more convinced of my Dirness then ever and I doubt more then ever that all Somalis share a single thing with the Arabs.
The Dir witness said, " I asked Oh Galaal, my cousine, why do you say this. Galaal said, "look at the Arabs and look at us, especially, us, the Dir Aji, we never eat grasshoppers, a Somali would never eat even the liver, heart, or lowly portions like the tounge of goat or cow. Nor would a Somali eat Lizards ( muusa cagaleey), or penis of goat or sheep or in the past work for or intermarry with any outsiders yet the Arabs do all of that. How can we be of Arab when we dont share none of this, Walaahay we the Somalis are more noble then they, and the noblest of Somalis of all are the Dir Aji from whom we all got our noble and pure manners." This is two or three weeks before he passed away.
Another interesting story which shows the deep kinship between Southern and Northern the Great poet Hadrawi was in Mustaxiil, Dolo, Luuq, and Xuddur areas in the early days of the SNM struggle and I was surprised for this was suicidal for such prominent figure in 1980s. He freely moved in and out of Bakool, Gedo, and Bardheere areas and made many speeches I was told and he was accompanied by his local kinsman. A good friend of main even narrated to me a long poem he made in order to create two feuding Dir groups in Ethiopian Somali border. This shows that he felt as though he was at home just like in Burco or Hargeysa which he could not go at that time. As a matter of fact that region still has a SSNM or Southern SNM movement which unites the major Mahe Dir Clans, Suure, and Madaxweyn Dir in that region.
Isaaq were present in Horn of Africa and did not come from Arabia in 1500 century as Liers like I.M Lewis claim. The Isaaq are mentioned in Fatuh Al Habash (1400s) as an Ancient powerful Dir clan.
The fatuh al Habash mentions the Habar Magadle (Maha Dir) by name as one group which Gureey try to draw into his camp.Nevertheless, the Habar Awal and Habar Yonis joined the Gurey jihaad. For Example, the Makaahil of the Habar Awal was the son of an Amhara princesse who was broght back to Somali by a Habar Awal worrior. The Amhara princes asked her captor one favour which to name the first son. After she bore the son she named him Makahil "Micheal" the angel. As a matter of fact many Mahe Dir like the Habar xabuush or Habar Jeclo were also named in such a case. According to the Fatuh Al Habash, "the fierce and rebellious Isaaq, Issas, and Afar clans who lived close to these groups and was know as "Oda Cali" caused Guurey many problems because as soon as the attacked the Habash enemies and gained some booty they would return to their territorie this angered Imam Ahmed who wanted a displined army. Ali and Mataan a brothers in-law of Gurey and Ahmed Nuur a knephew or Gurey, who later married Gurey's wife Batiyo Delwambero(Dawmbiro). It is interesting to not The name Dalwambero.
IM Lewis mentions a episode in Axmed Gurey's campaign where he destroyed cities of Habar Magadle Dir in which the H.Magadle punished a Aba Yonis Group who complained to the Imaam. Also the H.Magaadle would join the Jihad and decide at a crucial moment to return to their homelands after getting all the Booty the wanted.
A very strange fact in Fatuhal Habash is the Mareexan Sade Daarod Clan are mentioned to be part of the Habar Magaadle and this is one reason the Darood would never translate the Fatuhal Habash even though the Darood claim the Imaam Ahmed was a Darood. I will post a rebuttal of this because the Darood ancestor Ismaail Jabarti died in 1679 while the battles of Ahmed Gurey took place in 1500. Both IM lewis and other scholars leaked this fact that Mareexan are considered a Habar Magaadle clan in the Fatuuh Al Habash because these western scholars would not set foot in Somalia especially when Siad Barre was in Power. I will put up the quotes and author it is on Google books
The Arab Factor
Abwaanada Isaaq oo Sheegaya Cidey Yihiin.
Ismaaciil Cigaal Bulaale(isaaq)
Adaa Dir iyo Daarood dhex dhigay dab iyo baaruude
Dacar gelisey reerihii ahaa ul iyo diirkeede
Mugga haatan dirir uumiyuhu waa is dilayaaye
Maxamuud Dheeg (Isaaq)
Dir iyo Irir baanu nahay labada daamoode
Dabatada faraha dheer leh iyo Diini iyo Boontu
Meeshay kasoo dalabsadeen yeyga degi wayday.
Axmed Ismaaciil Diiriye (Isaaq)
Miisaannay Ciisow tixahaad madalka keenteene
Macaan baa Ilaahay ka dhigay Malabki Doocaane
Dhegtii maqashay oo idili way mahad naqaysaaye
Madmadoow ma gelin xaajadaa soo mudh-bixiseene
Mabsuud buu ka yahay reer Isaaq meelu joogaba'e
Waad mahadsantiin dhalashadaad muruq u yeesheene
Axmed Ismaaciil Diiriye (Isaaq)
Na soo gaadhe Ciisow tixahaad soo gudbinayseene
Geeraarradiinii hellnay iyo gabayadiinniiye
Una guuxnay hawraarta guud, hiilna loo garaye
Maansadu godkii ay lahayd maydun gees marinne
Alle waydin garansiiyey oo gob iyo caadkeede
Garna waad u leediin tolkiin inad gargaartaane
Gacmihii walaalaha ahaa waysku gunuddeene
Abwaanadaan iyaguna waxay cadday nayaan isir raac ciday yihiin oo ah Dir labada gabay ee Axmed Ismaaciil Diiriye gabaygiisa waxaad ka dhan dhansan kartaa ehelinimada ay isku reerka yihiin Ciise(Ciise oo qabiil Dir ah) oo uu marna walaal tinimo ku tilmaamay marna wada dhalasho oo Abwaanadu gabay ahaan inta badan u isticmaalaan wada dhalashada iyo walaaltinimada dhanka abtarsiinyaha…
Qamaan Bulxan (Ogaadeen)
Iidoor Dir weeyee hadduu duulan soo kiciyo
Dunji Habar Magaadluhu hadduu dabarka soo gooyo
Dunbuq iyo rasaastana hadduu debecsanuu siiyo
Gaygaan waxaa tiriyey Abwaan Daarood ah oo ku tilmaamaya Isaaq inay Dir yihiin mana dhicin gabyaa Isaaq ah oo beeniya gabaygaas Dir nimada ku tilmaamay waxaase dhacday in Gabyaa la Oran Jiray Yawle xaqiijiyey oo ku gabayey, gabay aanan helin hal sadar ka badan oo ahaa… Isaaq waa Dire e hadduu duulaan soo kiciyo…
Isku soo wada duuboo waxaad ka garan kartaa gabayadaas isir raaca ay kala ahaayeen Qabiilada (Harti, Ogaadeen, Abuskuul), iyo Isaaq oo kala ahaa Daarood iyo Dir… waxaa kaloo jirta in markii Somalidu shirar ama wax qaybsi isugu timaado in beesha Isaaq ku qayb qaadato qabiil ahaan qabiilka la yiraahdo Dir oo ah qabiilka Abwaanadii hore ku gabyeen in Isaaq yahay qabiilkaas. Wax garadka, Isimada Beelaha Somaliyeed oo aan ahayn Isaaq markaad waydiisid Qabiilka beesha Isaaq reerka ay isir raac galaan waxay kuu cadaynayaan in Isaaq isir ahaan yahay Dir. Haddii aad odayashaasha iyo wax garadka beesha Dir waydiiso cidda Isaaq isir ahaan galo waxay si toosa oo aan gabasho lahayn kuugu sheegayaan inuu galo Isaaq Habare Xiniftire Maahe Dir.
Aqoonta loo lahaa beelaha Isaaq isir raacoodu markuu ahaa Dir waxaa ayaamahaan danbe soo shaac baxday oo yar iyo wayn beesha qabiilka Isaaq shaaciyeen in ay yihiin Carab oo ka soo jeedaan Haashimiyiin arintaasi waxay keentay jaah wareer aan la garanayn cid la rumaysto Isaaqa hadda sheegaya inay yihiin Carab, ma odayadii hore ee Isaaq oo sheegayey inay yihiin Dir, ma wax garadka iyo Isimada beelaha kale ee sheegaya in Isaaq yahay Dir!!!.
Waxaad ka garan kartaa Dadka taariikhda wax ka qora oo aan ahayn Somalida inay jaah wareer ka qaadeen oo qoraaladooda laba bog oo ay isku mid kaga hadlayaan aadan ka helayn mararka qaar waxaad arkaysaa hal qaafiyad (baaragaraaf) oo iska hor imanaya oo marna leh Dir marna leh Carab, waxaadba ila eegtaan labadaan qoraa ee Biritishka u dhashay…
Richard Burton oo ka qoray Isaaq wuxuu buugisa taalaabooyinkii koowaad 1846 ku qoray….
(waa siduu u qoray).
"The old and pagan genealogies still known to the Somal, are Dirr, Aydur, Darud, and Hawiyah, according to some Dirr and Aydur, of whom nothing is certainly known but the name, are the progenitors of the northern Somal, the Eesa, Gudabirsi, Ishak, and Bursuk tribes."
Waasida uu qoraalkiisa udhigay Richard Burton, isagoo sii wata qoraalkiisii wuxuu qoray…
Raad raaca abtirsiinyaha ilaa hadda Somalidu utaqaan waa Dirr(Dir), Aydur(?) Darud(Daarood) iyo Hawiye, markii loo eego qaybo magacyada qabiilada Dir iyo Aydur(iidoor) oo aan la hubin laakiin magacyadoodu waa Eese(Ciise), Gudabirsi, Ishak(Isaaq) iyo barsuuk…
Richard Burton or Richard Francis Burton (British consul, explorer and Orientalist, was born at Barham House, Hertfordshire, on the 19th of March 1821 Died 20-Oct-1890
Waxaa kaloo jira nin kale oo isku dayey inuu wax ka qoro qabiilada Somalida ninkaas oo la yiraahdo I M Lewis isagoo ku jaah wareersan wuxuu ku qoray buuggiisa blood and bone….
Markii loo eego Qabiilka Isaaqu waxay sheegtaan inay ka baxsan yihiin oo ay isir raac toosa ay yihiin Carab, kaliya ay kula xiriiraan qabiilka Dir la yiraahdo guur Aabahood ka guursaday. Somalida kalase waxay u tixgaliyaan ama u arkaan inay si buuxda u yihiin Dir. Marka waxay u muuqaataa in Isaaq Carab ka dhigeen Isir raacooda si u helaan ixtiraam una ilaashadaan kobcinta awoodooda iyo isku filaanshahooda iyagoo 400, 000 qof 1958 kii ahaa.
Isla qoraagaasi wuxuu buuggiisa kale ee fahanka bulshada Somali iyo Somaliland( Culture History and Society-Ioan M Lewis P- 4) wuxuu ku qoray…
Dhab ahaan markaan u hadalno Isaaq waxay ka soo jeedaan Dir kuwaaso iyaga iyo Hawiye laysla xiriiriyo oo laysku yiraahdo Irir.
Ioan M. Lewis in his book blood and bone p104 wrote:
"Thus while the Isaaq regard themselves as a separate clan-family tracing their agnatic origins directly to Arabia and only acknowledge a connexion by marriage with the Dir, other Somali regard them as of full Dir affiliation. It would appear that Isaaq have Arabicized their genealogy as a means of acquiring prestige and in keeping with their growing strength and their separate identity as an independent group numbering some 400,000 souls (in 1958)
I.M Lewis states, ” strictly speaking the Isaaq are derived from the Dir, who together with the Hawiye are linked as “Irir” at a higher level of genelogical grouping.” In his book, Understanding Somali and Somaliland Society : Culture History and Society-Ioan M Lewis P- 4
Buugiisa kale ee la Yiraahdo Nomadic Democracy wuxuu ku qoray in Somalida oo dhammi Isaaq u tixgaliyaan isir raac ahaan Dir waxuu kaloo ku caddeyey in waayadaan danbe soo baxayso inay gooni ka yihiin oo ay isir raac ahaan ka soo jeedaan Carab
I M Lewis states, “all Somalis regard the Isaaq as lineal descendents of Dir” and he notes their recent development of ,”independent agnatic descent from Arabia. (P-142, Nomadic Democracy)
Jaah wareerkaasi maaha mid ku kooban dadka aan u dhalan Somalida oo kaliya ee waxaa iyana ku jaah wareeray oo ay dhinacay u qaadaan garan waayey Somalida Abwaano ka mid ah. Taasna waxaad ka garan kartaa Abwaano Somali ahi oo aan ahayn Isaaq gabayo ay tiriyeen iyagoo mid ay u raacaan garan waayey Dir iyo Carab waxaana ka mid ah Gabayadaas…
Gabaygaan oo aanan garanayn Magaca Ninka tiriyey Qabiilkiisu se waa Daarood
Taariikhda duuga ah markaan, dib uga faaloono
Diiwaanka waxa kuugu yaal waa, Dir baa nahaye
Maantana Durriyad baan nahay, baad nagula doodeene
Hadba inaad dad noo sheegataan, waa dayuusnimo e
Gabaygaan oo uu tiriyey Abwaan la Yiraahdo Fakad(Daarood)
War Dir haddii aad tihiin amase Irir, ma aanan diideene
Dab qaraabo idinkoon ahayn, haysku soo darine
Anigaaba kaa diir xigoon, duray wadaagnaaye
Doonbiro dirkii ay dhashayoo, duuban baa nahaye
Dad is raba inaad kala dishaan, waa habeen dumaye
Adunbaase dorraad nagu lahaa, duul kalaan ahaye
Durriyadaydun noo sheegateen, diide maanatana e
The Suure and first hijira AQIIL IBNU ABI TAALIB ? SAMAALE DIR HAWIYE IYO RAXAN WEYN ABTIRSINYO
Magacaasi waa odeyga la yiraahdo Hiil, kaas oo aanan la haynin wax magaciisa dhaafsiisan, markii laga reebo laba wiil ee uu dhalay oo lakala yiraahdo Sab iyo Samaale, kuwaas oo waalid u noqday dadka soomaalida ah intooda badan. Waxaa la sheegaa in Hiil uu yahay nin ka soo farcamay Cuqayl binu Abii Taalib oo ahaa suubanihii Maxamad ahaa (s. c. w.) ina adeerkiis. Xiriirka abtirsiinyo ee ka dhaxeeya Hiil iyo Cuqayl lama hayo, markiise sawir laga bixiyo silsiladda faceed oo ay leeyihiin durriyaddii Hiil waa sidatan :
Hiil wuxu dhalay Sab iyo Samaale
Sab wuxuu dhalay
1. Digil : (Jiiddo, Tunni, Gelledi, Dabarre Garre)
2. Mirifle : Siyeed (Elaay. Leysaan, Eemid, Diisow, Maallan, Wiin) iyo Sagaal (Luwey, Gellidle, Yantaar, Jilible, Hbeer).
Samaale wuxuu dhaley Irir
Irir wuxuu dhalay :
1. Hawiye.
2. Aji.
3. Mayle (Xawaadle).
4. Yaabur (Gaaljecel iyo Dagoodiye).
5. Maqaarre.
6. Gariire.
7. Xamarre.
8. Xariire.
Hawiye wuxuu dhalay : Karanle (Murursade), Gorgaate (hiraab), Gugundhabe (Baadi-cadde). Jambeelle (Ajuraan).
Aji wuxuu dhalay :Dir, Dangolo.
Dir wuxuu dhalay : Madaxweyne (Akishe), Mandaluug (Gadabiirsay), Madoobe (Ciise), Mahe (Isaaq, Biyamaal iyo Surre).
The Dir Suure clans claim Dir was the Son of Aji Aqiil ibnu Abi Taalib
The Suure Dir who have well respected Fiqis Islamic jurisprudence scholars and who have been instrumental in religious studies in many part of Somalia claim descent from Aqiil Ibnu abi Taalib and the claim in the first Hijra many Ashaab well know figures like :
84 males and children and women including-- Uthman ibnu Affan 3rd Caliph and SAW's son in law Ruquyya daughter SAW Abdul Rahman Bin Awf Zubeyr Bin Al awwam and Gafar Bin Abi Talib(read suratal Maryam 19 and his wife sahla Amar and khalid sons of said bin al As Abu Hudayfa b Uthman mazum his wife sahla wife Umm Salama bint Abi Umaayya all three amoung ten who were promised heaven.
The Suure claim this is in the: biographer Ibnu Hisham .while others claim only 33 come.
The Afar or Dankalis of Djibouti and Eritrea
The ruling house of the Afar Assayo Marre and their king Ali Mirre claim the Madoobe Dir Issas are cousins to Afar because the Afar claim direct descent from One Harmalis Jacfar ibnu Abi Taalib a cousin of the Samaale clans claimed ancestor Aqiil ibnu abi Taalib
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Updated 03/17/2012
GABAYADA ISAAQ KU SHEGAYAAN CIDA AY YIHIIN OO AY TIRIYEEN AFTAHANADA BEESHA ISAAQ
GABAYADA ISAAQ KU SHEGAYAAN CIDA AY YIHIIN OO AY TIRIYEEN AFTAHANADA BEESHA ISAAQ
Abwaanadaas ku gabyey gabayada kore dhammaan waxay cadeeyeen isir ahaan ciday yihiin oo ah Daarood…
Ismaaciil Cigaal Bulaale(isaaq)
Adaa Dir iyo Daarood dhex dhigay dab iyo baaruude
Dacar gelisey reerihii ahaa ul iyo diirkeede
Mugga haatan dirir uumiyuhu waa is dilayaaye
Maxamuud Dheeg (Isaaq)
Dir iyo Irir baanu nahay labada daamoode
Dabatada faraha dheer leh iyo Diini iyo Boontu
Meeshay kasoo dalabsadeen yeyga degi wayday.
Axmed Ismaaciil Diiriye (Isaaq)
Miisaannay Ciisow tixahaad madalka keenteene
Macaan baa Ilaahay ka dhigay Malabki Doocaane
Dhegtii maqashay oo idili way mahad naqaysaaye
Madmadoow ma gelin xaajadaa soo mudh-bixiseene
Mabsuud buu ka yahay reer Isaaq meelu joogaba'e
Waad mahadsantiin dhalashadaad muruq u yeesheene
Axmed Ismaaciil Diiriye (Isaaq)
Na soo gaadhe Ciisow tixahaad soo gudbinayseene
Geeraarradiinii hellnay iyo gabayadiinniiye
Una guuxnay hawraarta guud, hiilna loo garaye
Maansadu godkii ay lahayd maydun gees marinne
Alle waydin garansiiyey oo gob iyo caadkeede
Garna waad u leediin tolkiin inad gargaartaane
Gacmihii walaalaha ahaa waysku gunuddeene
Abwaanadaan iyaguna waxay cadday nayaan isir raac ciday yihiin oo ah Dir labada gabay ee Axmed Ismaaciil Diiriye gabaygiisa waxaad ka dhan dhansan kartaa ehelinimada ay isku reerka yihiin Ciise(Ciise oo qabiil Dir ah) oo uu marna walaal tinimo ku tilmaamay marna wada dhalasho oo Abwaanadu gabay ahaan inta badan u isticmaalaan wada dhalashada iyo walaaltinimada dhanka abtarsiinyaha…
Qamaan Bulxan (Ogaadeen)
Iidoor Dir weeyee hadduu duulan soo kiciyo
Dunji Habar Magaadluhu hadduu dabarka soo gooyo
Dunbuq iyo rasaastana hadduu debecsanuu siiyo
Gaygaan waxaa tiriyey Abwaan Daarood ah oo ku tilmaamaya Isaaq inay Dir yihiin mana dhicin gabyaa Isaaq ah oo beeniya gabaygaas Dir nimada ku tilmaamay waxaase dhacday in Gabyaa la Oran Jiray Yawle xaqiijiyey oo ku gabayey, gabay aanan helin hal sadar ka badan oo ahaa… Isaaq waa Dire e hadduu duulaan soo kiciyo…
Isku soo wada duuboo waxaad ka garan kartaa gabayadaas isir raaca ay kala ahaayeen Qabiilada (Harti, Ogaadeen, Abuskuul), iyo Isaaq oo kala ahaa Daarood iyo Dir… waxaa kaloo jirta in markii Somalidu shirar ama wax qaybsi isugu timaado in beesha Isaaq ku qayb qaadato qabiil ahaan qabiilka la yiraahdo Dir oo ah qabiilka Abwaanadii hore ku gabyeen in Isaaq yahay qabiilkaas. Wax garadka, Isimada Beelaha Somaliyeed oo aan ahayn Isaaq markaad waydiisid Qabiilka beesha Isaaq reerka ay isir raac galaan waxay kuu cadaynayaan in Isaaq isir ahaan yahay Dir. Haddii aad odayashaasha iyo wax garadka beesha Dir waydiiso cidda Isaaq isir ahaan galo waxay si toosa oo aan gabasho lahayn kuugu sheegayaan inuu galo Isaaq Habare Xiniftire Maahe Dir.
Aqoonta loo lahaa beelaha Isaaq isir raacoodu markuu ahaa Dir waxaa ayaamahaan danbe soo shaac baxday oo yar iyo wayn beesha qabiilka Isaaq shaaciyeen in ay yihiin Carab oo ka soo jeedaan Haashimiyiin arintaasi waxay keentay jaah wareer aan la garanayn cid la rumaysto Isaaqa hadda sheegaya inay yihiin Carab, ma odayadii hore ee Isaaq oo sheegayey inay yihiin Dir, ma wax garadka iyo Isimada beelaha kale ee sheegaya in Isaaq yahay Dir!!!.
Waasida uu qoraalkiisa udhigay Richard Burton, isagoo sii wata qoraalkiisii wuxuu qoray…
Raad raaca abtirsiinyaha ilaa hadda Somalidu utaqaan waa Dirr(Dir), Aydur(?) Darud(Daarood) iyo Hawiye, markii loo eego qaybo magacyada qabiilada Dir iyo Aydur oo aan la hubin laakiin magacyadoodu waa Eese(Ciise), Gudabirsi, Ishak(Isaaq) iyo barsuuk…
Richard Burton or Richard Francis Burton (British consul, explorer and Orientalist, was born at Barham House, Hertfordshire, on the 19th of March 1821 Died 20-Oct-1890… Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute) In his book, The first Foot Steps 1846 wrote …
The old and pagan genealogies still known to the Somal, are Dirr, Aydur, Darud, and Hawiyah, according to some Dirr and Aydur, of whom nothing is certainly known but the name, are the progenitors of the northern Somal, the Eesa, Gudabirsi, Ishak, and Bursuk tribes.
Waxaa kaloo jira nin kale oo isku dayey inuu wax ka qoro qabiilada Somalida ninkaas oo la yiraahdo I M Lewis isagoo ku jaah wareersan wuxuu ku qoray buuggiisa blood and bone….
Markii loo eego Qabiilka Isaaqu waxay sheegtaan inay ka baxsan yihiin oo ay isir raac toosa ay yihiin Carab, kaliya ay kula xiriiraan qabiilka Dir la yiraahdo guur Aabahood ka guursaday. Somalida kalase waxay u tixgaliyaan ama u arkaan inay si buuxda u yihiin Dir. Marka waxay u muuqaataa in Isaaq Carab ka dhigeen Isir raacooda si u helaan ixtiraam una ilaashadaan kobcinta awoodooda iyo isku filaanshahooda iyagoo 400, 000 qof 1958 kii ahaa.
Isla qoraagaasi wuxuu buuggiisa kale ee fahanka bulshada Somali iyo Somaliland( Culture History and Society-Ioan M Lewis P- 4) wuxuu ku qoray…
Dhab ahaan markaan u hadalno Isaaq waxay ka soo jeedaan Dir kuwaaso iyaga iyo Hawiye laysla xiriiriyo oo laysku yiraahdo Irir.
Ioan M. Lewis in his book blood and bone p104 wrote:
Thus while the Isaaq regard themselves as a separate clan-family tracing their agnatic origins directly to Arabia and only acknowledge a connexion by marriage with the Dir, other Somali regard them as of full Dir affiliation. It would appear that Isaaq have Arabicized their genealogy as a means of acquiring prestige and in keeping with their growing strength and their separate identity as an independent group numbering some 400,000 souls (in 1958)
I.M Lewis states, ” strictly speaking the Isaaq are derived from the Dir, who together with the Hawiye are linked as “Irir” at a higher level of genelogical grouping.” In his book, Understanding Somali and Somaliland Society : Culture History and Society-Ioan M Lewis P- 4
Buugiisa kale ee la Yiraahdo Nomadic Democracy wuxuu ku qoray in Somalida oo dhammi Isaaq u tixgaliyaan isir raac ahaan Dir waxuu kaloo ku caddeyey in waayadaan danbe soo baxayso inay gooni ka yihiin oo ay isir raac ahaan ka soo jeedaan Carab
I M Lewis states, “all Somalis regard the Isaaq as lineal descendents of Dir” and he notes their recent development of ,”independent agnatic descent from Arabia. (P-142, Nomadic Democracy)
Jaah wareerkaasi maaha mid ku kooban dadka aan u dhalan Somalida oo kaliya ee waxaa iyana ku jaah wareeray oo ay dhinacay u qaadaan garan waayey Somalida Abwaano ka mid ah. Taasna waxaad ka garan kartaa Abwaano Somali ahi oo aan ahayn Isaaq gabayo ay tiriyeen iyagoo mid ay u raacaan garan waayey Dir iyo Carab waxaana ka mid ah Gabayadaas…
Gabaygaan oo aanan garanayn Magaca Ninka tiriyey Qabiilkiisu se waa Daarood
Taariikhda duuga ah markaan, dib uga faaloono
Diiwaanka waxa kuugu yaal waa, Dir baa nahaye
Maantana Durriyad baan nahay, baad nagula doodeene
Hadba inaad dad noo sheegataan, waa dayuusnimo e
Gabaygaan oo uu tiriyey Abwaan la Yiraahdo Fakad(Daarood)
War Dir haddii aad tihiin amase Irir, ma aanan diideene
Dab qaraabo idinkoon ahayn, haysku soo darine
Anigaaba kaa diir xigoon, duray wadaagnaaye
Doonbiro dirkii ay dhashayoo, duuban baa nahaye
Dad is raba inaad kala dishaan, waa habeen dumaye
Adunbaase dorraad nagu lahaa, duul kalaan ahaye
Durriyadaydun noo sheegateen, diide maanatana e
Haaji Shermaarke Ali Saalih of the Habar Yoonis clan of the Isaaq clan-family, exercising real power over Saylac and adjacent regions
. In 1854-55 when Lieutenant Richard Burton of the British India navy frequented the northern Somali coast, he found a Somali governor, Haaji Shermaarke Ali Saalih of the Habar Yoonis clan of the Isaaq clan-family, exercising real power over Saylac and adjacent regions. By the time of Burton 's arrival, once-mighty Saylac had only a tenuous influence over its environs. The city itself had degenerated into a rubble of mud and wattle huts, its water storage no longer working, its once formidable walls decayed beyond recognition, and its citizenry
Haaji Shermaarke Ali Saalih accourding to Haji:
The Isaaq, Gadabuursi, Issa and Barsuuk tribes are all of Dir Origin as mentions in the First Foot Steps of Richard Burton
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Ethnically, Isaq belongs to the Dir clan family
Ethnically, Isaq belongs to the Dir clan family. Of the four main Dir branches, Isaq belongs to Mohamed Maha Dir. Of the four main Dir branches, Isaq belongs to Mohamed Maha Dir. Other Maha Dir sub-clans include Biyomal, Bajimal and Quranyob. Other Maha Dir sub-clans include Biyomal, Bajimal and Quranyob. The other Dir clan families in the north are the Gadabursi and Issa, who belong to Madaxweyne and Madobe Dir, respectively. The other Dir clan families in the north are the Gadabursi and Issa, who belong to Madaxweyne and Madobe Dir, respectively. The Isaq is divided into three main sub-clans namely: Garhajis (Habar Yonis, Ida Gale and Arap), Habar Awal and Habar Jelo. The Isaq is divided into three main sub-clans namely: Garhajis (Habar Yonis, Ida Gale and Arap), Habar Awal and Habar Jelo. Garhajis who are the largest and most powerful sub-clan are against secession. Garhajis who are the largest and most powerful sub-clan are against secession. Many Habar Jelo intellectuals I spoke with told me that majority of their peoples are not secessionists. Many Habar Jelo intellectuals I spoke with told me that majority of their peoples are not secessionists.
Hence, the Isaq claim that they aren't ethnic Somalis or have been discriminated against by the south are pity fabrications and unfound hysteria engineered to incite hatred between the peoples of the south and north. Hence, the Isaq claim that they aren't ethnic Somalis or have been discriminated against by the south are pity fabrications and unfound hysteria engineered to incite hatred between the peoples of the south and north. In fact, it is in the records that the Hawiye and southern Dir sub-clans had greatly contributed to the formation and financing of the SNM in its very early stages. In fact, it is in the records that the Hawiye and southern Dir sub-clans had greatly contributed to the formation and financing of the SNM in its very early stages. In his "The Cost of Dictatorship" book, Jama Ghalib (an Isaq) witnesses the contributions paid by the Southern Dir clans and Hawiye to the SNM in early 1980s. In his "The Cost of Dictatorship" book, Jama Ghalib (an Isaq) witnesses the contributions paid by the Southern Dir clans and Hawiye to the SNM in early 1980s. If there were no blood ties, then why wouldn't they pay the same contributions to the SSDF, which was Majerteen opposition faction? If there were no blood ties, then why wouldn't they pay the same contributions to the SSDF, which was Majerteen opposition faction?
Ethnically, Isaq belongs to the Dir clan family. Of the four main Dir branches, Isaq belongs to Mohamed Maha Dir. Of the four main Dir branches, Isaq belongs to Mohamed Maha Dir. Other Maha Dir sub-clans include Biyomal, Bajimal and Quranyob. Other Maha Dir sub-clans include Biyomal, Bajimal and Quranyob. The other Dir clan families in the north are the Gadabursi and Issa, who belong to Madaxweyne and Madobe Dir, respectively. The other Dir clan families in the north are the Gadabursi and Issa, who belong to Madaxweyne and Madobe Dir, respectively. The Isaq is divided into three main sub-clans namely: Garhajis (Habar Yonis, Ida Gale and Arap), Habar Awal and Habar Jelo. The Isaq is divided into three main sub-clans namely: Garhajis (Habar Yonis, Ida Gale and Arap), Habar Awal and Habar Jelo. Garhajis who are the largest and most powerful sub-clan are against secession. Garhajis who are the largest and most powerful sub-clan are against secession. Many Habar Jelo intellectuals I spoke with told me that majority of their peoples are not secessionists. Many Habar Jelo intellectuals I spoke with told me that majority of their peoples are not secessionists.
Hence, the Isaq claim that they aren't ethnic Somalis or have been discriminated against by the south are pity fabrications and unfound hysteria engineered to incite hatred between the peoples of the south and north. Hence, the Isaq claim that they aren't ethnic Somalis or have been discriminated against by the south are pity fabrications and unfound hysteria engineered to incite hatred between the peoples of the south and north. In fact, it is in the records that the Hawiye and southern Dir sub-clans had greatly contributed to the formation and financing of the SNM in its very early stages. In fact, it is in the records that the Hawiye and southern Dir sub-clans had greatly contributed to the formation and financing of the SNM in its very early stages. In his "The Cost of Dictatorship" book, Jama Ghalib (an Isaq) witnesses the contributions paid by the Southern Dir clans and Hawiye to the SNM in early 1980s. In his "The Cost of Dictatorship" book, Jama Ghalib (an Isaq) witnesses the contributions paid by the Southern Dir clans and Hawiye to the SNM in early 1980s. If there were no blood ties, then why wouldn't they pay the same contributions to the SSDF, which was Majerteen opposition faction? If there were no blood ties, then why wouldn't they pay the same contributions to the SSDF, which was Majerteen opposition faction?
Another Example and Proof of the deep Cultural relations of the Southern Dir and especially the Bimaal, Suure Clans or Gadsan or Mandaluug Dir- do not only view the Isaaq/Gadabuursi/and Issas of the north as kinsman but even react violently and in solidarity with Northern Dir in times of Mogadisho war or even if other clans make negative statements about the Northerners. For instance the Mandaluug dont only view the Gadabuursi as their paternal kinsman but also have Reer Nuur and Makaahiil Lineages just like the Gadabuursi. Also the Madoobe Dir Southern Dir (Who are Ceelaye) view their Issas Kinsman in a similar manner.
As mentioned above, in the case of the Isaaq, there is a controversy as to whether they constitute a clan family of their own. This is being affirmed by the Isaaq themselves, while southern Somalis and the Majerteen claim that Isaaq are part of the Dir. The Isaaq have cousin links to the Dir groups such as the Biymaal, Issa and Gadabursi. Isaaq are the primary inhabitants of Somaliland (although its current president is from the Gadabursi group).
LONG LIVE SOMALILAND GUUL DIR!
Suldaanada Isaaqa Ah ee sheeganaya in ay Yihiin Salaadinta Guud ee Beesha Direed iyo Cuqaal badan oo Kala Duwan oo sheegaya in Isaaq Axmed (Maxamed) Xiniftire Maahe Dir yihiin. Videos of Isaaq elders claiming to be the Sultans of the Dir clan: