The tomb of Sheikh Isaq, the father of the Isaq tribe

The Isaaq (also Isaq, Ishaak) (Somali language: Reer Sheik Isaxaaq); is one of the main Somali clans. The Isaaq mainly live in Somaliland and the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The populations of the four major cities of Somaliland; Hargeisa, Burco, Berbera, and Ceerigaabo – are predominantly Isaaq. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Somali language (Af Soomaali) is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. ... 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. ... For other territories formerly called Somaliland, see Somaliland (disambiguation). ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Somali region. ... Hargeisa (Somali: Hargeysa, Arabic: هرجيسا) is a city in Northwestern Somalia and the second largest city in Somalia. ... Burao (Somali: Burco, Arabic: برعو) is the capital city of the Togdheer region in Somaliland and the third largest city in the country after Hargeisa and Berbera. ... Berbera (Somali Berbera) (coordinates:) is a city in the newly established Saaxil region of Somalia, and is currently part of the internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. ... Erigabo or Erigavo (Somali: Ceerigaabo) is the administrative capital of Sanaag, a region in Somalia, which has an estimated population of just over 100,000. ...

Tradition states that the Isaaq clan was founded by the arrival of Sheikh Isaq from Arabia in the 12th or 13th century. He settled at the coastal town of Maydh in modern day Somaliland, where he married into the local Dir clan. His tomb is in Maydh. For other uses, see Sheikh (disambiguation). ... Arabia redirects here. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Maydh is one of the major towns of the Sanaag province of Somaliland Republic. ... Dir is a Somali clan whose members live mostly in northern Somalia, central (Mudug), Ethiopias Somali region 5, and Southern Somalia. ...

Partial listing of Isaq sub-clans

• Yibir
• Habar Awal
• Ayoup (Ayuub)

Partial breakdown of the Isaaq Clan structure

• Arap
• Garhajis
  • Eidagale
  • Habar Yoonis
• Habar Jeclo
• Shirdhoon^[1]

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Notable Isaq people

• Edna Adan Ismail, former Foreign Minister of Somaliland
• Faysal Ali Warabe, chairman of the Justice and Welfare Party of Somaliland (UCID)
• Habiiba Ahmed Haaji, vice-manager of the African Educational Trust
• Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Somali politician, president (from 1993) of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland
• Hassan Haji Mohamoud, Minister of Education for Somaliland
• Rageh Omaar, Former BBC correspondent, currently an Al Jazeera English Journalist
• Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi': Somali poet and philosopher (fl. 2006). Author of Halkaraan; also known as the "Somali Shakespeare"
• Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade: Prominent poet during the pre- and post-colonial periods (peak during 1960s).
• Umar Arteh Ghalib, last prime minister of Somalia under the regime of Siad Barre
• Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo, last chairman of the SNM; current chairman of Kulmiye Party in Somaliland

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Notes

1. ^ Sources: Based on Country Information and Policy Unit, Home Office, Great Britain, Somalia Assessment 2001, Annex B: Somali Clan Structure, p. 43; and Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, pp. 56–58