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Main article: Somali clan

Majeerteen
Total population
Regions with significant populations
Somalia  Ethiopia
Languages
Somali and Arabic
Religions
Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
Dhulbahante, Mehri, Warsangali and other Harti and Darod groups.

The Majeerteen, Majerteen or Macherten ("Muhammad Harti Amaleh Abdi Muhammad Abdirahman Jaberti.") is a Somali sub-clan. They form part of the Harti clan, which is in turn part of the Darod clan and primarily inhabit the region of Puntland in the northeast of Somalia. 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. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Somalia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Arabic redirects here. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. ... The Dhulbahante is a Somali sub clan of the Harti part of the Koombe and of Kablalax, of the Darod tribes. ... Mehri or Mahri is a Semitic language spoken by minority populations in the eastern part of Yemen and western Oman and is a remnant of the ancient indigenous language group spoken in the southern Arabian Peninsula before the spread of Arabic along with the Islamic religion in the 7th century... The Warsangali (also Warsengeli or Warsingeli) (Son of Mohamoud Harti) is a Somali clan of the Harti group, part of the Darod clan. ... 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. ... 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. ... Motto None Anthem Puntland Somali National Anthem Capital Garowe (Administrative), Bosaso (Commercial) Largest city Bosaso Official languages Somali and Arabic Government  -  President Mohamud Muse Hersi  -  Vice-President Hassan Dahir Mohamud Autonomy Inside Somalia   -  Declared 1998   -  Recognition   Area  -  Total 212,510 km km² (84th) n/a sq mi   -  Water (%) Negl. ...

The sultanate of the Majeerteens played an important role in the pre-colonial era. The clan has produced two presidents and two prime ministers since 1960, as well as a Sultan and a King (Boqor). Majeerteens also held many other important government posts in the 1960s and early 1970s and continue to play a key role in Puntland. For other uses, see Sultan (disambiguation). ...

The related Harti clans Dhulbahante and Warsangali inhabit the Sool and Sanaag regions, respectively. The Dhulbahante is a Somali sub clan of the Harti part of the Koombe and of Kablalax, of the Darod tribes. ... The Warsangali (also Warsengeli or Warsingeli) (Son of Mohamoud Harti) is a Somali clan of the Harti group, part of the Darod clan. ... 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. ... Location of Sanaag in northern Somalia Sanaag (Somali: Sanaag; Arabic: سناغ‎ Sanāgh) is a region (gobol) in northern Somalia. ... The regions (gobolka) of Somalia are (capitals in parentheses): Awdal (*) (Baki) Bakool (Oddur) Banaadir (Mogadishu) Bari (Bender Cassim) Bay (Baidoa) Galguduud (Dusa Mareb) Gedo (Garbahaarey) Hiraan (Beledweyne) Jubbada Dhexe (Buaale) Jubbada Hoose (Kismaayo) Mudug (Galcaio) Nugaal (Garoowe) Sanaag (*) (Erigavo) Saaxil (*) (Berbera) Shabeellaha Dhexe (Giohar) Shabeellaha Hoose (Merca) Sool (*) (Laascaanood...

Territory

Majeerteen members are found in their traditional territories such as the northern regions of Bari, Nugaal, Mudug. The Majerteens also have the southern port of Kismayo as their traditional territory. Bari is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. ... The Horn of Africa as seen from the NASA Space Shuttle, in May of 1993. ... Location of Mudug in Somalia Mudug (Somali: Mudug; Arabic: ‎ ) is an administrative region (gobolka) in central 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. ...

The Majeerteen Sultanates

Farther east on the Majeerteen (Bari) coast, by the middle of the 19th century two tiny kingdoms emerged that would play a significant political role on the Somali Peninsula prior to colonization. These were the Majeerteen Sultanates of Boqor Ismaan Mahamuud, and that of his kinsman Sultan Yusuf Ali Keenadid of Hobyo (Obbia). The Majeerteen Sultanate originated in the mid 18th century, but only came into its own in the 19th century with the reign of the resourceful Ismaan Mahamuud. Mahamuud's kingdom benefited from British subsidies (for protecting the British naval crews that were periodically shipwrecked on the Somali coast) and from a liberal trade policy that facilitated a flourishing commerce in livestock, ostrich feathers, and gum arabic. While acknowledging a vague vassalage to the British, the sultan kept his desert kingdom free until well after 1800. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Horn of Africa. ... Hobyo is an ancient harbor city in the Mudugh region of Somalia. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ... Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 Distribution of Ostriches. ... Acacia senegal plant from Koehlers Medicinal-Plants 1887 Gum arabic, a natural gum also called gum acacia, is a substance that is taken from two sub-Saharan species of the acacia tree, Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal. ...

Ismaan Mahamuud's sultanate was nearly destroyed in the middle of the 19th century by a power struggle between him and his young, ambitious cousin, Keenadiid. Nearly five years of destructive civil war passed before Boqor Mahamuud managed to stave off the challenge of the young upstart, who was finally driven into exile in Arabia. A decade later, in the 1870s, Keenadiid returned from Arabia with a score of Hadhrami musketeers and a band of devoted lieutenants. With their help, he carved out the small Sultanate of Hobyo after conquering the local Hawiye clans. Both kingdoms, however, were gradually absorbed by the extension into southern Somalia of Italian colonial rule in the last quarter of the 19th century.^[1] Arabia redirects here. ... Region close to Sayun in the Hadhramaut Valley An ancient sculpture of a griffon from the royal palace at shabwa, the capital city of Hadhramaut Hadhramaut, Hadhramout or Hadramawt (Arabic: ‎ []) is a historical region of the south Arabian Peninsula along the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, extending eastwards... For other uses of this term, see Musketeer (disambiguation). ... The Sultanate of Hobyo was carved out of the former Hawiye Imamate of Hobyo by a Majerteen pretender to the throne by the name of Yuusuf Ali Keenadid. ... Hawiye is a Somali clan whose members live in central and southern Somalia, in larger numbers in Kenya and Ethiopia, and in smaller numbers in other countries. ...

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.^[2] World Bank Group logo The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations responsible for providing finance and advice to countries for the purposes of economic development and eliminating poverty. ...

• Wabeeneeye
  • Ali Wabeeneeye
  • Ahmed Wabeeneeye
• Noleys
  • Mohamed Nooleys
    • Saleebaan
      • Ali Saleebaan
        • Awlayahan Ali
        • Bicidyahan Ali
        • Ismail Ali
        • Omar Ali
        • Aden Ali
        • Said Ali
      • Ugaar Saleebean
        • Idriis ugar
        • Ciise ugar
        • Abdriraxmaan ugar
        • Maxamad ugar
      • Ismail Saleebean
      • Cabdirixiin Saleebaan
      • Mohamed Warfaa
      • Yusuf warfaa
      • Mahmoud Saleebaan
        • Omar Mahmoud
          • Mohamed Omar
          • Ishak Omar
            • Reer Mohamed Farah
            • Reer Khalaf
        • Nuux Mahmoud
        • Cisman Mahmoud
        • Ciise Mahmoud
    • Reer Cumar
      • Cumar Umad Nabi
      • Toljecel Hassan Talareer
    • Mahamed (Umad Nabi)
      • Reer Bicidyahan
        • Reer Xaamud
        • Galaeri
      • Reer Mahmoud
      • Abdalle Ibrahim
      • Jibraahiil
        • Ali Jibraahiila
        • Nuh Jibrahiil
  • Xuseen Talorer
    • Siwaaqroon
      • Abokor
      • Aadan
      • Mahamed
  • Musse Noleys (Idigfale)
    • Said (Islaan-soor)
      • Salah Said
      • Mohamed Said
      • Ahmed Said
      • Abdi Said
    • Omar (Iidyabare)
      • Hassan Omar
  • Abdalle Noleys (Danweyne)
• Amaanle
• Guddoonwaaq
• Filkucaag
• Hamarti-Waaq
• Tabale
• Reer Haamid

Wabeeneeye is a sub clan of the Majeerteen clan family and within the larger Darod clan. ... Saleebaan (Somali: Saleebaan) is a Somali sub-clan which is part of the Habar Gedir clan of the Hawiye tribe. ... The Omar Mohamud is a Somali sub-clan, part of the Mohamud Saleeban, itself a part of Majeerteen and Harti Koombe Kablalax, of the Darod tribes. ... Mohamed Omar has been the Eritrean Foreign Minister since the death of Ali Said Abdellah in 2005. ... Reer Khalaf (Khalaf Faarah Shirwa) of Somalia is one of the sub-clans. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Reer Bicidyahan (Somali: ) is a sub clan of the Majeerteen clan family and within the larger Harti clan and thereafter in the Darod clan. ...

Prominent figures

• Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former Dutch Parliament member and daughter of Hirsi Magan Isse
• Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, current transitional President of Somalia
• Hassan Abshir Farah, former Mogadishu mayor, Somali ambassador to Japan and later to Germany, interior minister of Puntland, prime minister of Transitional Federal Government from Arta, and current TFG minister of fishing and marine resources.
• Mohamud Muse Hersi, President of Puntland
• Abdirizak Haji Hussein, former Prime Minister of Somalia
• Iman, supermodel
• Hirsi Magan Isse, scholar, and leader of the Somali revolution
• Jama Ali Jama, Colonel in the Somali military and former President of Puntland
• Osman Yuusuf Keenadiid, inventor of the Osmanya writing script
• Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid, author of the Somali Dictionary and founding member of the Somali Youth League
• Mohammed Awale Liban, designed the flag of Somalia
• Mire Hagi Farah Mohamed, Somali Finance Minister 2004-2006, and former Mayor Of Kismayo port City
• Abdilwali Hersi Abdille Indhaguran, former Minister of Electricity and Power Generation of the Somali national government(TNG), and Minister of Federal and Somali Affairs of Puntland state of Somalia
• Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, son-in-law of Siad Barre and minister of defense of Somalia
• Mohammed Jibril Muse, former Chief of Somali Secret Service, General and later on Police chief of state of Puntland^[3]
• Muse Dude Samatar, former Chief of Police (1970's-1980's), and former Minister of Agriculture
• Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, first Prime Minister of Somalia, second President of Somalia (10 June 1967 until 16 October 1969)

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MA ( ; Somali: ; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969[2] in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Dutch feminist and political writer, daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. ... Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (Somali: ) (b. ... Hasan Abshir Farah (Somali: ; born 1945) is a notable politician in Somalia. ... REDIRECT Mohamud Muse Hersi Adde ... Abdirizak Haji Hussein (Somali: ; born 1924) was Prime Minister of Somalia from 14 June 1964 to 15 July 1967. ... Iman (born July 25, 1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia as Iman Abdulmajid, Somali: Iimaan Cabdimajiid) is a supermodel based in the United States. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jama Ali Jama (Somali: ) was elected as president of Puntland in November 2001[1][2] but was overthrown in May 2002 by Abdullahi Yusuf after some months in office. ...   The Osmanya alphabet is a script for the Somali language invented between 1920 and 1922 by the Sultan of Obbias brother, Cismaan Yuusuf Keenadiid. ... Yaasiin (Xaaji/Hagi) Cismaan/Cusmaan Keenadiid (Yasin Osman Keenadiid) is a member of the Keenadiid family. ... Flag ratio: ~2:3 The flag of Somalia was adopted on October 12, 1954. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... General Mohammed Said (or Siad) Hersi Morgan[1] was the son-in-law of Siad Barre and minister of defense of Somalia, responsible for the 1988 bombing of Hargeisa and Burao, two cities in Somaliland. ... Former Somalias Chief Of Police in the Late 1970s and 1980s and later became the minister of Agriculture of the Somali Government. ... Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was President of Somalia from June 10, 1967 until October 15, 1969. ...

References

1. ^ The Majeerteen Sultanates
2. ^ Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.56
3. ^ Somalia Online