Lineage
Dir had four sons named:
- Haytham "Madahweyne"
- Salah "Mandaluug"
- Nuur "Madoobe"
- Khalid "Meha"
According to others, Dir had a fifth son, Qaldho Dir.
The Northern Dir consist of the Gadabuursi (Samaroon Siciid), the Issa Madoobe Dir of Djibouti, and the Isaaq. The Southern Dir and Western Dir of Ethiopia number over eleven clans who mostly come from the Madahweyne Dir or Meha Dir.
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