Dobira

Dombiro (Arabic: دُومبِرَ بِنت دَغَالَ), was a Somali historical figure, known for being the wife of the progenitor of the Darod clan, Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Jabarti.

Dobira دومبرة
Mother of all Darod clans
Burial place of Dombira near Haylaan, Somalia
ReligionIslam

Biography

Dombiro was the daughter of Dagale (Dikalla), the Dir clan chief.[1][2] While other historical works mention that Dombira was the daughter of Dir.[3] With that Darod established link with the main Samaale Somali's. [4][5][6] [7]

During the 10th or 11th century CE,[8] Dombiro married Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti (Darod), a son of the Sufi Sheikh Isma'il al-Jabarti of the Qadiriyyah order, who had settled in Somalia just across the Red Sea. The union is said to have given rise to the Darod clan family.[2]

Dombiro is buried just outside the ancient town of Haylaan in the Sanaag region of Somalia, where Sheikh Darod's tomb is located.

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Notes
  1. Mandelli, Alfonso. Nuove indagini su Antonio Stradivari: 23 incisioni e 4 fac-simili. U. Hoepli, 1903.
  2. Somalia Society (1954). The Somalia Journal, Volume 1, Issues 1-3. The Society. p. 85.
  3. Hunt, John Anthony (1951). A general survey of the Somalia Protectorate 1944-1950: final report on 'An economic survey and reconnaissance of the British Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950,' Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme, Part 484. To be purchased from the Chief Secretary. p. 151. OCLC 3011788. Dir, the father-in-law of Darod, is said to be the uncle of Esa Madoba and brother of Hawiya Irrir, who founded the Esa tribe of Zeila and the Hawiya of Somalia respectively. Ram Nag, the great-grandfather of Dir, and Samarone the patriarch of the Gadabursi, are of unknown origin, but probably Arabians who landed at Zeila.
  4. Burton, Sir Richard Francis; Burton, Lady Isabel. The Works of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: First footsteps in East Africa. Tylston & Edwards. p. 74. where he married a daughter of the Dir tribe
  5. Burton, Richard Francis (1856-01-01). First Footsteps in East Africa. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. p. 104. where he married a daughter of the Hawiyah tribe
  6. Somaliland Society (1954). The Somaliland Journal, Volume 1, Issues 1-3. The Society. p. 85.
  7. Lewis, A pastoral democracy, pp. 11–13.
  8. I.M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali, fourth edition (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), p. 22
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