Gadabuursi

The Gadabuursi (Somali: Gadabuursi, Arabic: غادابوورسي), also known as Samaroon (Arabic: قبيلة سَمَرُون), is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.[1]

Gadabuursi
غادابورسي سمرون
The Tomb of Sheikh Samaroon
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam (Sunni, Sufism)
Related ethnic groups
Issa, Surre, Biimaal, Gurgura, Bursuuk, other Dir clans, Isaaq, Hawiye and other Somali clans. Saho people(Gadafur)

The Gadabuursi are geographically spread out across three countries: Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti. Among all of the Gadabuursi inhabited regions of the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is the country where the majority of the clan reside. In Ethiopia, the Gadabuursi are mainly found in the Somali Region, but they also inhabit the Harar, Oromia and Afar regions.[2][3][4]

In Somalia, the Gadabuursi are the predominant clan of the Awdal Region.[5][6] They are mainly found in cities and towns such as Borama, Baki, Lughaya, Zeila, Dilla, Jarahorato, Amud, Abasa, Fiqi Aadan, Quljeed, Boon and Harirad.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] In Ethiopia, the Gadabuursi are the predominant clan of the Awbare district in the Fafan Zone, the Dembel district in the Sitti Zone and the Harrawa Valley.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] They are mainly found in cities and towns such as Awbare, Awbube, Sheder, Lefe Isa, Derwernache, Gogti, Jaare, Heregel, Arabi and Dembel.[16][24][18][25][26][27]

The etymology of the name Gadabuursi, as described by writer Ferrand in Ethnographic Survey of Africa refers to Gada meaning people and Bur meaning mountain, hence Gadabuursi is believed to mean people of the mountains.[28][29]

Overview

As a Dir sub-clan, the Gadabuursi have immediate lineal ties with the Issa, the Surre (Abdalle and Qubeys), the Biimaal (who the Gaadsen also belong to), the Bajimal, the Bursuk, the Madigan Dir, the Gurgura, the Garre (the Quranyow sub-clan to be precise as they claim descent from Dir), Gurre, Gariire, other Dir sub-clans and they have lineal ties with the Hawiye (Irir), Hawadle, Ajuraan, Degoodi, Gaalje'el clan groups, who share the same ancestor Samaale.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]  The patriarch Samaale arrived in northern Somalia from Yemen during the 9th century and subsequently founded the eponymous Samaale clan.[37] Dir traces descent from Irir the son of Samaale, who in turn traces his genealogical traditions to Arabian Quraysh Banu Hashim origins through Aqiil the son of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, who was cousin of the Prophet Muhammed.[38][39][40][41][42][43]

Most Gadabuursi members are descendants of Sheikh Samaroon. However, Samaroon does not necessarily mean Gadabuursi, but rather represents only a sub-clan of the Gadabuursi clan family.

The Gadabuursi in particular, is the only clan with a longstanding institution of Sultan. The Gadabuursi use the title Ugaas which means sultan and/or king. Ughaz or Ugas.[44][45]

Based on research done by the Eritrean author 'Abdulkader Saleh Mohammad' in his book 'The Saho of Eritrea, the Saho people (Gadafur) is said to have Somali origins from the Gadabuursi.[46]

Distribution

The Gadabuursi are mainly found in northwestern Somalia and are the predominant clan of the Awdal region.[5][47][48]

Federico Battera (2005) states about the Awdal Region:

"Awdal is mainly inhabited by the Gadabuursi confederation of clans."[49]

A UN Report published by Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (1999), states concerning Awdal:

"The Gadabuursi clan dominates Awdal region. As a result, regional politics in Awdal is almost synonymous with Gadabuursi internal clan affairs."[50]

Marleen Renders and Ulf Terlinden (2010) both state that the Gadabuursi almost exclusively inhabit the Awdal Region:

Awdal in western Somaliland is situated between Djibouti, Ethiopia and the Issaq-populated mainland of Somaliland. It is primarily inhabited by the three sub-clans of the Gadabursi clan, whose traditional institutions survived the colonial period, Somali statehood and the war in good shape, remaining functionally intact and highly relevant to public security.[51]

The Gadabuursi also partially inhabit the neighboring region of Woqooyi Galbeed, and reside in many cities within that province.[52][53] The Gadabuursi are the second largest clan by population in Somaliland.[54] Within Somalia, they are known to be the 5th largest clan.[55]

The Gadabuursi are also found in Djibouti, where they form one of the major clan groups.[56] Within Djibouti they have historically lived in 2 of the 7 major neighborhoods in Djibouti (Quarter 4 and 5).[57]

However the majority of the Gadabuursi inhabit the Somali Region of Ethiopia.[58][59][60]

Federico Battera (2005) states:

But most of the Gadabuursi inhabit the Somali Region of Ethiopia (the so-called region five) where their paramount king, (the Ugaas) resides...[61] In present day Awdal, most of the prominent elders have their main venues in the capital city of the region, Borama. However, the paramount king of the Gadabuursi, the Ugaas, has his main venue in Ethiopia.[62]

In the Somali Region of Ethiopia, the Gadabuursi exclusively inhabit both the Awbare district in the Fafan Zone and the Dembel district in the Sitti Zone.[63][64] The Gadabuursi also exclusively inhabit the Harrawa Valley which is considered to be traditional Gadabuursi territory.[20][21][22][16][65][16][66]

The Department of Sociology and Social Administration, Addis Ababa University, Vol. 1 (1994), describes the Awbare district as being predominantly Gadabuursi. The journal states:

Different aid groups were also set up to help communities cope in the predominantly Gadabursi district of Aw Bare.[17]

Filipo Ambrosio (1994) describes the Awbare district as being predominantly Gadabuursi whilst highlighting the neutral role that they played in mediating peace between the Geri and Jarso:

The Gadabursi, who dominate the adjacent Awbare district north of Jijiga and bordering with the Awdal Region of Somaliland, have opened the already existing camps of Derwanache and Teferi Ber to these two communities.[18]

Filipo Ambrosio (1994) highlights how the Geri and Jarso both sought refuge on adjacent Gadabuursi clan territory after a series of conflicts broke out between the two communities in the early 1990s:

Jarso and Geri then sought refuge on 'neutral' adjacent Gadabursi territory in Heregel, Jarre and Lefeisa.[25]

The Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile region (2010) states that the Dembel district is predominantly Gadabuursi:

Mainly Somali Gurgura, Gadabursi and Hawiye groups, who inhabit Erer, Dambal and Meiso districts respectively.[67]

Richard Francis Burton (1856) describes the Harrawa Valley in the Gadabuursi country, as within sight of Harar:

In front, backed by the dark hills of Harar, lay the Harawwah valley.[66]

Captain H.G.C Swayne R.E. (1895) describes the Harrawa Valley as traditional Gadabuursi territory:

On 5th September we descended into the Harrawa Valley in the Gadabursi country, and back on to the high ban again at Sarír, four days later. We then marched along the base of the Harar Highlands, reaching Sala Asseleh on 13th September. We had experienced heavy thunder-storms with deluges of rain daily, and had found the whole country deserted.[21]

Captain H.G.C Swayne R.E. (1895) describes the Harrawa Valley as occupying an important strategic position in the Gadabuursi country:

The position of the Samawé ruins would favour a supposition that some power holding Harar, and having its northern boundary along the hills which wall in the southern side of the Harrawa valley, had built the fort to command the Gáwa Pass, which is one of the great routes from the Gadabursi country up on to the Marar Prairie.[22]

Richard Francis Burton describes the Gadabuursi and Geri Somali clans as extending to within sight of Harar.[68] The Gadabuursi, along with the Geri, Issa and Karanle Hawiye represent the most native and indigenous Somali tribes in Harar.[69][70][71]

The Gadabuursi inhabit the Gursum woreda where they are the majority and the Jijiga woreda where they make up a large part of the Fafan Zone. They partially inhabit Ayesha, Shinile, Erer and Afdem woreda's.[72][73][74]

The Gadabuursi also reside along the northeastern fringe of the chartered city-state of Dire Dawa, which borders the Dembel district, but also in the city itself.[64][75] The Gadabuursi are the second largest sub-clan within the borders of the Somali region of Ethiopia based on the Ethiopian population census.[76] The 2014 Summary and Statistical report of the Population and Housing Census of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia has shown that Awbare is the most populated district in the Somali region of Ethiopia.[76]

The Gadabuursi of Ethiopia have also expressed a desire to combine the clan's traditional territories to form a new region-state called Harawo State.[77]

Saho people

The Saho (sometimes called Soho) are an ethnic inhabiting the Horn of Africa.[78] They are principally concentrated in Eritrea, with some also living in adjacent parts of Ethiopia. They speak Saho, (which is related to Somali) as a mother tongue.[79]

Among the Saho there is a saintly clan, the Gadafur. When it comes to customary law of the Saho, the Gadafur, who are considered part of the holy families, act as religious leaders and political mediators of the Minifere tribes. The Gadafur have a high status and are highly privileged and respected among the Saho. It is said that the Gadafur are originally from the tribe of Gadabuursi[80]

History
An old map of Zeila featuring the Somali Gadabuursi Dir clan.
An old map of Harar featuring the Somali Gadabuursi Dir clan.
An old map featuring the Harrawa Valley in the Gadabuursi country, north of Harar.
An old map featuring the Harrawa Valley in the Gadabuursi country, north of Harar.
An 1867 Abyssinia Map from Bombay featuring the Somali Gadabuursi Dir clan.

Medieval Age

"I.M. Lewis gives an invaluable reference to an Arabic Manuscript on the history of to the Gadabuursi Somal. "This Chronicle opens", Lewis tells us, ‘with an account of the wars of Imam ‘Ali Si’id (1392), from whom the Gadabuursi today trace their descent, and who is described as the only Muslim leader fighting on the western flank in the armies of Se’ad ad-Din, ruler of Zeila.’ Se’ad ad-Din was the joint founder of the Kingdom of Adal along with his brother Haqedin II." So not only did the Gadabuursi clan contribute to the Adal Wars, Conquest of Abyssinia, but their predecessors were also fighting wars way before the establishment of the Adal Sultanate.[81] The descendants praise and sing his hymns and make their pilgrimages to his local shrine at Tukali to commemorate their ancestor. The largest portion of the Gadabursi reside in the borders of Ethiopia. It is said that at Waraf, a location near Hardo Galle a great battle took place between the Gadabuursi and infidels (Galla) in the 14th century according to traditional Gadabursi history[82][83]

The Gadabursi Kingdom was established more than 600 years ago, and consisted of a King (Ugaas) and many elders.

Hundreds of elders used to work in four sections consisting of 25 elders each:

  • Social committee
  • Defense - policing authorities consisting of horsemen (referred to as fardoolay), foot soldiers and spear-men, but also askaris or soldiers equipped with poison arrows.[84]
  • Economy and collection of taxes
  • Justice committee

The chairmen of the four sections were called Afarta Dhadhaar, and were selected according to talent and personal abilities.

A constitution, Xeer Gadabursi, had been developed, which divided every case as to whether it was new or had precedents (ugub or curad).

The Gadabursi King and the elders opposed the arrival of the British at the turn of the twentieth century, but they ended up signing an agreement with them. Later, as a disagreement between the two parties both arose and intensified, the British installed some people against the Ugaas in hopes of overthrowing him. This would eventually bring about the collapse of the kingdom.

Customary Law (Xeer)

'The Law of the King and the 100 Men "Heerka Boqorka iyo Boqolka Nin"'

"When a new Ugaas or Ughaz was appointed amongst the Gadabuursi, a hundred elders, representatives of all the lineages of the clan, assembled to form a parliament to promulgate new heer agreements, and to decide what legislation they wished to retain from the reign of the previous Ugaas or King. The compensation rates for delicts committed within the clan were revised if necessary, and a corpus of Gadabuursi law, as it were, placed on the statutes for the duration of the new Ugaas's rule.

This was called 'the law of the King and the 100 men' (heerka boqorka iyo boqolka nin).[85]

The Gadabuursi Ugaas used to host equestrian games for 100 men in the Harrawa (Harar) Valley, a valley in the Somali region of Ethiopia, situated North-East from Harar. As quoted:

Here, probably to commemorate the westward progress of the tribe, the Gadabuursi Ugaz or King has the white canvass turban bound about his brows, and hence rides forth to witness the equestrian games in the Harawwah Valley.[66]

Traditional Gadabuursi installation ceremony
Ogas Dodi of the Gadabursi (Samaron) tribe.

Here are accounts of a traditional Gadabuursi installation ceremony by accounts of Sheikh 'Abdurahman Sh. Nur in "A Pastoral Democracy", by I'M Lewis.[86]

The pastoral Somali have few large ceremonies and little ritual. for its interest, therefore I reproduce here a summary of a very full account of traditional Gadabuursi installation ceremony given me by Sheikh 'Abdurahman Sheikh Nur, the present governor kadi of Borama, God bless his soul. Clansmen gather for the ceremony in well wooded and watered place. There is singing and dancing, then stock are slaughtered for feasting and sacrifice. The stars are carefully watched to determine a propitious time and then future Ughaz is chosen by divination. Candidates must be sons or brothers of the former Ughaz and the issue of woman who has been only married once. She should not be a woman who has been divorced or a widow. Early on a monday morning a man of the Rer Nur (the laandeer of the Gadabuursi) plucks a flower or leaf and throws it upon the Ughaz. Everyone else then follows his example. The man who starts the 'aleemasaar acclamation must be a man rich in livestock, with four wives and many sons. Men of the Mahad Muuse lineage then brings four vessels of milk. One contains camels' milk, one cows' milk, one sheep's milk and the last goats' milk. These are offered to the Ughaz who selects one and drinks a little from it. If he drinks the camels' milk, camels will be blessed and prosper, if he drinks the goats' milk, goats will prosper, and so on. After this, a large four-year-old ram is slaughtered in front of him. His hair is cut by a man of the Gadabuursi and he casts off his old clothes and dons new clothes as Ughaz. A man of Rer Yunis puts a white turban round his head and his old clothes are carried off by men of the Jibra'iin. The Ughaz then mounts his best horse and rides to a well called bugay, near garis, towards the coast. The well contains deliciously fresh water. Above the well are white pebbles and on these he sits. He is washed by a brother or other close kinsman as he sits on top of the stones. Then he returns to the assembled people and is again acclaimed and crowned with leaves. dancing and feasting recommence. The Ughaz makes a speech in which he blesses his people and asks god to grant peace, abundant milk and rain- all symbols of peace and prosperity (nabad iyo 'aano). If rain falls after this, people will know that his reign will be prosperous. That the ceremony is customarily performed during the karan rainy season makes this all more likely. The Ughaz is given a new house with entirely new effects and furnishings and a bride is sought for him. She must be of good family, and the child of a woman who has had only one husband. Her bride-wealth is paid by all the Gadabuursi collectively, as they thus ensure for themselves successors to the title. Rifles or other fire-arms are not included in the bride-wealth. Everything connected with accession must be peaceful and propitious

Ethiopia

According to a Max Planck research paper, one branch of the Ughaz family (Reer Ugaas) on the borders of Ethiopia rose to the rank of Dejazmach (ደጃዝማች ) or 'Commander of the Gate' .[87] A military title meaning commander of the central body of a traditional Ethiopian armed force composed of a vanguard, main body, left and right wings and a rear body.[4]

Djibouti

The Gadabuursi are the pioneers of the name Cote Francaise des Somali or the French Somali coast. Haji Dideh, the Sultan of Zeila and prosperous merchant coined the name to the French. He also built the first mosque in Djibouti.[88][89][90] Before the French aligned with the Issa's the Gadabuursi were also the first Senator of the country and first Somalis head of state to lead the territory compromising Djibouti today. Djama Ali Moussa a sailor pursued his political aspirations and managed to become the first Somali democratically elected head of state.[91][92]

Ambassadorial Brothers

The Ambassadorial Brothers were 3 brothers from a prominent family in the Horn of Africa.

It consisted of :

  1. Ismail Sheikh Hassan,
  2. Aden Sheikh Hassan and
  3. Mohamed Sheikh Hassan,

who were all descendants of Sheikh Hassan Nuriye and part of the Rer Ughaz, Makahil section of Gadabuursi.

Sheikhs Hassan Nuriye in turn was a descendant of Mohamed Gele Ughaz Roble I (The First). He was a famous sheikh in Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti, especially in Ethiopia concentrated around Dire Dawa and Harar.

Eventually he returned to Awbarre, his hometown and died there. He is buried in the town of Awbarre next to Sheikh Awbarre. His sons came to be known as the ambassadorial brothers. The first prominent Somali or even African family to have 3 individuals who are directly related to each other as brothers serving as ambassadors for 3 different neighboring countries.[93][94][95][95]

Sheikh Hassan Nuriye
Mohamed Ismail Aden


Three Somali brothers were citizens of three different countries, working in sensitive posts for three different governments

Mohamed Osman Omar , The road to zero: Somalia's self-destruction

Balwo and Heello: Modern Somali Music

Somali modern music began with the balwo style, pioneered by Abdi Sinimo, who rose to fame in the early 1940s.[96][97][98] Abdi's innovation and passion for music revolutionized Somali music forever.[99] Its lyrical contents often deal with love, affection and passion. The Balwo genre was a forerunner to the Heello genre. Abdi Sinimo hailed from the North Western Regions of Somalia and Djibouti, more precisely the Rer Nur section of the Gadabuursi.[100][101][102] Modern sung Somali Poetry was introduced in the Heelo genre which is a form of Somali sung poetry. The Balwo name changed to Heello because of religious reasons. The earliest composers began their songs with Balwooy, Balwooy hoy Balwooy... but because of the negative connotation added to Balwo and the word implicating calamity in Arabic the Balwo was changed to Heello and thus the first bars of songs began with Heelloy, Heellelloy.[103]

See also:

Rooble Afdeeb (Roble Afdeb)

Roble Afdeb was a famous Somali warrior and poet from the North Western part of Somalia and Djibouti. Known to have pillaged and raided many Issa settlements. The poet and warrior is a legend in Somali history and he is highly renown for his bravery and gained fame not through anti-colonialism or Islamic devotion, but clan rivalry.

For more about Rooble Afdeeb visit the following:

Main article: Roble Afdeb

Cali Bucul (Ali Bu'ul)

Ali Bu'ul was a famous Somali military leader and poet from the Western Somali regions, today within the borders of the Somali region of Ethiopia, known for his short lined poems (geeraar), compared to the long lines of gabay. Geeraar are traditionally recited on top of horse during times of battle and war. Many of the most well known ones came from his tongue and are still known today. He is also known to have battled the Somali religious leader in poetry named Mahamed Abdullah Hassan and coined the word Guulwade. Some of his famous works are Gammaan waa magac guud ( Horse is a general term), Guulside (Victory-Bearer) and Amaan Faras (In Praise of My Horse). His poems were also written in the Gadabuursi script. An extract of a geeraar Amaan Faras featured in the image below to illustrate Ali Bu'uls work written in the script.[104][105][106][107]

For more about Ali Bu'ul visit the following:

Main article: Ali Bu'ul
A poem composed by Ali Bu'ul in the Gadabuursi script.


The image below translates as:[108]

From the seaside of Bulahar, to the corner of the Almis mountain, and Harawe of the pools, Hargeisa of the Gob trees, My horse reaches all that in one afternoon, Is it not like a scuddling cloud? From it's pen, A huge roar is heard, Is it not like a lion leading a pride? In the open plains It makes the camels kneel down, Is it not like an exper camel-rustler? It's mane and tail has white tufts on the top, Is it not as beautiful as a galool tree abloom?

— Ali Bu'ul (Cali Bucul), In Praise of My Horse

Geography

Many travelers have visited the Gadabuursi country and described it in many ways. One of such travelers is Alfred Pease in the late 19th century he described the Gadabuursi country to be the most beautiful out of all Somali areas he visited:

No part of Somaliland that I have visited is more beautiful than this tract of country, watered by an almost perennial stream, now lined with great trees festooned with the armo creeper, now with the high green elephant grass or luxuriant jungles, and guarded by woody and rocky mountains on the left hand and on the right. Between the Tug or Wady and these hills the, country had a park-like appearance, with its open glades and grassy plains. But the new and varied vegetation of Africa was not the only object delightful to the eye: countless varieties of birds, hawks, buzzards, Batteleur and larger eagles, vultures, dobie birds, golden orioles, parrots, paroquets, the exquisite Somali starlings, doves of all sorts and sizes, small and great honey-birds, hoopoes, jays, green pigeons, great flocks of Guinea fowl, partridges, sand grouse, were ever to be seen on every hand, and, while the bush teemed with Waller's gazelle and dik-diks, the plains with Scemmerring's antelope, with a sprinkling of oryx, our road up the Tug was constantly crossed by the tracks of lions, elephants, leopards, the ubiquitous hvsena, and other wild beasts.

List of Sultans of the Gadabuursi Sultanate (Ugaasyadda ama Boqortooyadda Gadabuursi)
The Adal Sultanate which was largely on part of the Gadabursi territory and the conquest of Abyssinia which they contributed to.

The royal family of the Gadabuursi, the Ugasate, evolved from and is a successor kingdom to the Sultanate of Harar and Adal Sultanate.[109] The first Ugaas of this break away and successor kingdom, Ali Makail Dera (Cali Makayl-Dheere) was the son of the progenitor of the Makayl-Dheere.[110] The matrilineal founder who established the Kingdom was Lady Khadija Sheikh Abba Yonis Hasan, from the Geri Koombe clan of the Darod clan.[111][112]

The Gadabuursi give their King the title of Ughaz.[113] It's an authentic Somali term for King or Sultan. The Gadabuursi in particular is the only clan with a longstanding tradition of having a Sultan.[44]

The first Ughaz of the Gadabuursi was Ughaz Ali Makail Dera (Cali Makayl-Dheere), who is the progenitor of the Reer Ugaas subclan to which the royal lineage belongs.

Ughaz Ali Makail Dera (Cali Makayl-Dheere) based on an Arabic manuscript on the Gadabuursi is said to be born in 1575 in Dobo, an area north of the present town of Borama in north-western Somalia. He is recorded as having inflicted a heavy defeat on Galla forces at Nabadid.

Ughaz Nur I (the first) is said to have married the daughter of King Aale Boore after his defeat. Her name was Faaye Aale Boore. Ughaz Nur the first and Faaye Aale Boore gave birth Shirdoon, he was the 7th in line after Ughaz Hiraab. Aale Boore was a famous Oromo king, the victory of the former on the latter, marked a historical turning point in concluding the Oromo predominance.

Also the Gadabuursi managed to kill the next Oromo King after Aale Boore during the reign of Ughaz Roble I (Ugaas Rooble Ugaas Samatar), the first . It is said that during his reign the Gadabuursi tribe reached great influence and tremendous height in the region, having managed to defeat the reigning Galla/Oromo King at that time, whose name was Nuuno struck a blow to the Galla's their morale, their much loved king being killed. He was defeated by Geedi Bahdoon, also known as Geedi Malable. He struck a spear right through the King while he was in front of a tree, the spear pierced inside the tree making it not able for the King to escape or remove the spear. After he died he was buried in an area that's now called Qabri Nuuno near Sheedheer. In the picture already shared titled 'An old map featuring the Harrawa Valley in the Gadabuursi country, north of Harar' one can read Gabri Nono, which is the anglicized version of the Somali Qabri Nuuno.[114][110]

Ughaz Roble I died in 1848 and was buried in an area called Dhehror (Dhexroor) . It has become the custom for Somalis after Ughaz Roble I that whenever an Ughaz gets inaugurated and it rains, he should be named Ughaz Roble, which translates to the one with rain or rainmaker.

Ughaz Nur II (the second) was born in Zayla in the year 1835 and crowned in Bagi in 1848.[115] He established strong links with the Egyptian Khedive and Abdallah II ibn Ali of Harrar, during his reign the Western powers were vying for power in the Horn of Africa. He was also a great and famous poet. He was the type to speak words which would never be forgotten once they entered people's ears. He has created many poems and saying of which really explain the politics and knowledge of that time. How through patience and clever dealing one could be able to entrap one's enemy. He also used to say that whenever he heard a poem he would never forget it. His work was and is still taught in Somali Poetry classes (Suugaan: Fasalka Koobaad) among other Somali poets.[116][117]

For more about Ughaz Nur II visit the following:

Main article: Ughaz Nur II

For more about Ughaz 'Elmi Warfaa, visit the following:

Main article: Ughaz 'Elmi Warfa
Ughaz Nur at a very old age of almost 80 years. Major Leckie states: Somewhat stifferend by age, He was tall, straight, and well built. Even the weight of his many years could not alter the King’s graceful figure
Gadabuursi horsemen giving an exhibition.
Sheikh Ali Ayanle Samatar. Somali: Sheekh Cali Ayaanle Samatar. Arabic: شيخ علي أيانلي سمتر A widely known Gadabuursi Sheikh among Somalis from Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia.
Name Reign

From

 Reign

Till

 Born
1 Ughaz Ali Makail Dera 1607 1639 1575[114]
2 Ughaz Abdi I Ughaz Ali Makail Dera 1639 1664
3 Ughaz Husein Ughaz Abdi Ughaz Ali 1664 1665
4 Ughaz Abdillah Ughaz Abdi Ughaz Ali 1665 1698
5 Ughaz Nur I Ughaz Abdi Ughaz Ali 1698 1733
6 Ughaz Hirab Ughaz Nur Ughaz Abdi 1733 1750
7 Ughaz Shirdon Ughaz Nur Ughaz Abdi 1750 1772
8 Ughaz Samatar Ughaz Shirdon Ughaz Nur 1772 1812
9 Ughaz Guleid Ughaz Samatar Ughaz Shirdon 1812 1817
10 Ughaz Roble I Ughaz Samatar Ughaz Shirdon 1817 1848
11 Ughaz Nur II Ughaz Roble Ughaz Samatar 1848 1888 1828
12 Ughaz Roble II Ughaz Nur Ughaz Roble 1888 1898
13 Ughaz Olmi-Warfa "Olmi-Dheire" Ughaz Roble Ughaz Samatar 1898 1938 1835[118]
14 Ughaz Abdi II Ughaz Roble Ughaz Nur 1938 1948
15 Ughaz Dodi Ughaz Abdi Ughaz Roble 1948 1952
16 Ughaz Roble III Ughaz Dodi Ughaz Roble 1952 1977
17 Ughaz Jama Muhumed Ughaz Olmi-Warfa 1960 1985
18 Ughaz Abdirashid Ughaz Roble Ughaz Dodi 1985 -[119]

Currently Abdirashid is the Ughaz of the Gadabuursi.

Y-DNA

DNA analysis of Dir clan members inhabiting Djibouti found that all of the individuals belonged to the Y-DNA T1 paternal haplogroup.[120] All genetic analysis carried out on Gadabuursi male clan members have so far shown that they exclusively belong to the T1 paternal haplogroup.[121][122][123] A notable member of the T1 haplogroup is also the third US President, Thomas Jefferson.[124]

The paramount Sultan (or Ugaas) of the Gadabuursi (Samaroon) tribe, Ugaas Rooble (Ughaz Roble II The Second). The picture was taken in Harar where the Sultan was based in the year 1888.

Clan tree

The Gadabursi clan according to many sources are divided into 2 divisions, the Habar Makadur and Habar 'Affan.

The Habar Makadur and Habar 'Affan, both historically united under a common Sultan or Ughaz.[30][125][126]

  • Gadabursi
    • Habar Makadur (Makadoor)
      • Makahil
        • 'Eli
        • 'Iye
        • 'Abdalle (Bahabar 'Abdalle)
        • Hassan (Bahabar Hassan)
        • Muse
          • Makail Dera (Makayl-Dheere)
          • Afgudud (Gibril Muse)
          • Habr Sanayo
          • Younis (Reer Yoonis)
            • 'Ali Younis
            • Jibril Younis (Jibriil Yoonis)
            • Adan Younis (Aadan Yoonis)
            • Nur Younis (Reer Nuur)
      • Mahad 'Ase
        • Bahabar Abokor
        • Bahabar Muse
        • Habr Musa
        • Bahabar Aden
        • Bababar 'Eli
        • Reer Mohamed
        • Abrahim (Abrayn)
      • Habar 'Affan
        • Jibrain
        • Ali Ganun
        • Gobe
        • Habar Yusif
        • Reer issa
        • Hebjire
        • Reer Zuber
        • Dhega Wayne
        • Makayl
          • Musa
            • Musafin
            • Hassan Sá'ad
            • Farole
            • Reer Hamud

The following listing is taken from the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics from 2005 and the United Kingdom's Home Office publication, Somalia Assessment 2001.[127][128]

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