Isaaq - Clan Tree

Clan Tree

In the Isaaq clan-family, component clans are divided into two uterine divisions as shown in genealogy. The first division is between those lineages descended from sons of Sheikh Isaaq by an Ethiopian women – the Habar Habuusheed – and those descended from sons of Sheikh Isaaq by a women of the magaadle clan – the Habar Magaadle. Indeed most of the largest clans of the clan-family are in fact uterine alliances. This is illustrated in the following structure.

Sheikh Isaaq Bin Ahmed

1. Habar Habuusheed

• Ahmed (Tol-Ja’lo)
• Muuse
• Ibrahiim (Sanbuur)
• Mahammad (‘Ibraan)

2. Habar Magaadle

• Ayub
• Awal
• Arab
• Ismail

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. 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.

• Isaaq
  • Haber Awal
    • Sa'ad Muse
    • Issa Muse
    • Ayub
  • Habr Garhadjis
    • Habr Yunis
    • Aidagalla
    • Arab
  • Habr Jaalo (var. Habr Toljallo; Haber Geelo)
    • Mohamed Abokor
    • Ibrahim
    • Muse Abokor
    • Ahmad (Toljaalo)

One tradition maintains that Isaaq had twin sons: Ahmed or Arap, and Ismail or Gerhajis.