WThe Awrtable is a Somali sub-clan from the Darod clan.
WThe Awrtable is a Somali sub-clan from the Darod clan.
WThe Bimaal or Bimal, is a sub-clan of the major Dir clan family. This clan is widely known for leading a resistance against the colonials in southern Somalia for decades which can be compared to the war of the Sayyid in Somaliland. The Biimaal mainly lives in Southern Somalia, the Somali region of Ethiopia, which their Gaadsen sub-clan mainly inhabits and in the NEP region of Kenya.
WThe Darod is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan was Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as Darood. In Somaliland the clan settle the eastern region of Sool while the clan has a presence in Sanaag and Togdheer regions. In Somalia members of the clan settle in the federal member states of Jubbaland and Puntland while the clan has an ancillary presence in pockets of the states of Koonfur-Galbeed and Galmudug. In Ethiopia the clan settles in the Somali State region, whilst in Kenya they settle in the North Eastern Province.
WThe Gadabuursi, also known as Samaroon, is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.
WThe Garre tribe is a major Somali Samaale clan whose origins trace back to Gardhere. The Garre politicaly asscociated to the Digil clan family sub-clan of Digil-Rahanweyn clan of Rahanweyn Somali clan but genealogically descend from Gardhere Samaale.
WHarti, meaning "strong man", is a Somali clan family that is part of the Darod clan. The major sub-clans include the Majeerteen, Dhulbahante, Warsangali and Dishiishe, while other minor sub-clans consist of Kaskiqabe, Geesaguule and Liibaangashe.
WThe Isaaq is a Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory.
WThe Issa is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.