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The Dhulbahante is a Somali sub clan of the Harti part of the Koombe and of Kablalax, of the Darod tribes. The Dhulbahante have played a key role in the history of Somalia. Great Britain, Italy, and France considered the Dhulbahante a major oppositional power to their colonisation of the Horn of Africa and interests. The Dhulbahante fought against colonisation (and their followers) in battles such as Afbakayle, Beerdhiga, Cagaarwayne, Daratoole, Dayuuraddii, Fardhidin, Jidbaale and Ruugga and thus viewed themselves as the sole protector of greater Somalia because of their huge loss of life and wealth and resented the signatory tribes. After the long Anglo-Dervish wars the British colonial leaders did not trust the Somalis. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... This 2002 CIA map shows the distribution of Somali clan populations across the Somali homelands, and their percentages within Somalia: Hawiye (25%), Isaaq (22%), Darod (20%), Rahanweyn (17%), Dir (7%), Digil (3%), and ethnic minorities (6%) Somali clan refers to the clan grouping of the Somali people. ... Harti (also Herti; In Somali it means Strong man) is a Somali sub-clan of Darood. ... The Darod (Somali language: Darood, or Daarood) is a Somali clan. ... For the historic phenomenon of colonization and imperialism, see main article colonialism (and also decolonization). ... The Horn of Africa. ... For other uses, see Dervish (disambiguation). ...

The inhabitants of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions of the Northern Somalia have announced formations of a new political party -- Northern Somali Unionist Movement (NSUM) as a grass roots Somali organization whose members and supporters hail from Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions in the Northern regions of Somalia(formerly British Somaliland) and whose clan in these regions do not identify with the one -clan-driven secession calling themselves "Somaliland". NSUM stands for the promotion of peace and unity among the long-suffering ALL people of Somalia.

Territory

Dhulbahante members are found in their traditional territories such as the northern regions of Sool, Nugaal, Sanaag, Ayn (a new province separated from Togdheer), Kismayo and the Somali Region of Ogaden. Location of Sool in Somaliland/Somalia Sool (Somali: Sool; Arabic: ‎ ) is an administrative region (gobolka) in northern Somalia and is claimed by the two self-proclaimed, but internationally unrecognized, states of Somaliland and Puntland, its ruled by Puntland. ... The Horn of Africa as seen from the NASA Space Shuttle, in May of 1993. ... Location of Sanaag in northern Somalia Sanaag (Somali: Sanaag; Arabic: سناغ‎ Sanāgh) is a region (gobol) in northern Somalia. ... The Ayn (Somali: Cayn) region of the de facto autonomous state of Puntland is a disputed southeastern area of the Togdheer region defined and claimed by Puntland beginning in 1998 when it separated from the rest of Somalia during the Somali Civil War. ... Togdheer is a region (gobolka) in Somalia. ... Kismayo or Kismayu (Somali: ; Arabic: , transliteration: ; Italian: ) is a port city in the Jubbada Hoose region of Somalia and is the countrys third largest city (after Mogadishu and Hargeisa. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Somali region. ... This article is about the geographical area. ...

Tradition

There are 15 current active Garaads and Ugaas (Clan Chiefs) all clan chiefs along with the majority of the public strongly oppose the existence of somaliland see the Boocame Declaration for reference^[1], there are small number of politicians, however that are aligned with Somaliland. As Dhulbahante clan fought against colonization in many battles with huge loss of lives and wealth, they are naturally staunch nationalist; thus, view themselves as the sole protector of greater Somalia.

Some sub-clans

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures. For a comparison of different views on the clan-lineage-structures see the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics.

• Dhulbahante
  • Xuseen Saciid
  • Muuse Saciid
  • Axmed Saciid
    • Cabdale Muuse
    • Cisman Muse
    • Maxmed Muse
    • Barre Muse
    • Abokar Muse
    • Abdale Muse
      • Yaxye Abdale
      • Habar-Waa Abdale
        • Khalid Habar-Waa
        • Shirshore Habar-Waa
        • Xasan Ugaas
        • Hamud Ugaas
        • Mahmoud Ugaas
    • Garad Farah
    • Mahmud Garad
    • Abdi Garad
    • Caligaraad
    • Bahararsame
    • Barkat
    • Axmed Garad
    • Garad Yaasiin
    • Jamac Siyaad
    • Ugaadyaahan Siyaad
    • Umar Wacays
    • Naleeye Axmed
    • Nuur Axmed
    • Waacays Abdule
    • Maxamud Ugaadhyahan
    • Caligari Axmed
    • Adan Axmed
    • Odala Ahmed
    • Cigaal Nalayeey
    • Hasan Sahabeel
    • Cali Naaleeye
    • Gibril Naaleey
    • Cilmi Naaleeye

Notable Dhulbahante people

• Mohamed Abdi Hashi, interim President of Puntland, October 2004 - January 2005
• Ali Khalif Galeyr, former Prime Minister under the Transitional National Government
• Abdi Bile, a former middle distance runner from Somalia and 1500 m world champion in 1987

Mohamed Abdi Hashi was the interim President of Puntland from October 2004 to January 8, 2005. ... Ali Khalif Galayr is a former Somali Prime Minister. ... Abdi Bile (born December 28, 1962 in Los Anod) is a former middle distance runner from Somalia. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.wardheernews.com/Press%20Releases/11_24_Boocame_Declaration.html