Hiraab

The Hiraab is a Somali clan of the larger Hawiye. It has produced many major clans in Somalia and has produced many prominent figures including 6 presidents, the first president as well as the first PM. They were also the first military leaders, making Hiraab the forefounder of Somalia. Members live in central and southern Somalia, from Galkayo to Kismaayo. They are also present in Ethiopia and Kenya. Most of them live in Mogadishu.

Main article: Somali clan

Hiraab
Total population
10,000,000
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Karanle and other Hawiye clans

History

The first clan to ever challenge the Ajuuraan rulers was the Darandoolle clan a section of Hiraab.

The Ajuuraan had decreed: “At the wells in our territory, the people known as Darandoolle and the other Hiraab cannot water their herds by day, but only at night.” … Then all the Darandoolle gathered in one place. The leaders decided to make war on the Ajuuraan. They found the imam of the Ajuuraan seated on a rock near a well called Ceel Cawl. They killed him with a sword. As they struck him with the sword, they split his body together with the rock on which he was seated. He died immediately and the Ajuuraan migrated out of the country. In another variation of the story, a young Darandoolle warrior was born with a gold ring on his finger, a sign of his future preeminence. The Darandoolle then rallied around their young leader, who eventually assumed the title of Imam of the Hiraab and took up residence in Muqdisho.[1]

By 1700, the Hiraab and other clans occupied a large territory stretching the interior from the Shabelle valley to the arid lands of Mudug and to the coastal areas of Mogadishu towards Hobyo. After the immediate fall of the Ajuuraan, the Hiraab established an independent rule for at least two centuries.[2] CalledRegno di Magadozo or the Kingdom of Magadoxo in official medieval bulletins, at their peak they would go on to dominate what became Greater Benadir.[3]

Today, the Hiraab inhabit from the fertile region of the Lower Shabelle, to the capital, Mogadishu to Galkayo. They hold the presidency of Somalia, the presidency of the Hirshabelle state as well as the presidency of Galmudug. They are also the vice-president of the Lower Shabelle region and control the military in most of Somalia. They also live in the Hiiraan region as well as in the Shabelle zone of Ethiopia. In the capital Mogadishu, they hold all the important positions such as the mayor and majority of the government positions due to their influence over Somalia.

Hiraab sub-clans

Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hiraab clan genealogical tree in The Invention of Somalia:[4][5][6]

  • Hiraab.
    • Mudulood Hiraab
      • Maxamed Mudulod
      • Ciise Mudulood (Udeejen)
      • Wa'weyteen Mudulood
      • Darandoole Mudulood
        • Hilibi Darandoole
        • Isman Darandoole
          • Wa'dan Isman
          • Moobleen Isman
          • Abgaal
            • Harti
              • Warsangeli
              • Agoonyar
              • Owbakar
            • Wa'budhan
              • Galmaax Yonis
                • Yusuf Galmaax
                  • Maxamed Muuse
                  • Wehliye Muuse
                • Cumar Galmaax
                  • Celi Cumar
                  • Reer Mataan
                • Abdulle Galmaax
              • Kabaale Wacbudhan
                • Saleeban Muse
                • Xeyle Muse
              • Dauud
                • Isaaq Dauud
                • Yusuf Dauud
            • Wa'aysle (Warculus)
              • Macalin Dhiblawe
              • Cali Gaaf
              • Abdirahman Saleban
    • Habar Gidir
      • Saruur
      • Sa'ad
      • Ayr
      • Saleban
    • Duduble
      • Maxamed Camal
      • Maqalsame
    • Maxamed Hiraab
      • Sheikhaal
        • Loobage
        • Rer Aw Qudub
        • Cabdi Sheikh
        • Gendershe
        • Jaziira

Important members

Politics

References
  1. Cassanelli, Lee (1982). The Shaping of Somali Society. p. 125. ISBN 9780812278323.
  2. Cassanelli, Lee (1982). The Shaping of Somali Society. p. 127. ISBN 9780812278323.
  3. Mitchell, Samuel (1842). Exhibiting the History of Geographical Science and the Progress of Discovery to the Present Time. Samuel Augustus Mitchell. p. 564.
  4. Ali Jimale Ahmed (1995). The Invention of Somalia. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea. p. 123. ISBN 0-932415-98-9.
  5. Richard Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa', 1856; edited with an introduction and additional chapters by Gordon Waterfield (New York: Praeger, 1966), p. 165
  6. Clans in Somalia Report on a Lecture by Joakim Gundel, COI Workshop Vienna, 15 May 2009 (Revised Edition) published December 2009
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