Abgaal

Abgaal
أبغال

Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali and Arabic
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Mudulood, Habar Gidir, Karanle, other Hawiye clans

Abgaal (var. Abgal; Somali: Abgaal, Arabic: أبغال‎‎) is a Somali clan, and part of the major Hawiye clan. Its members live in the Shabeellaha Dhexe, Galguduud, Banaadir, Mudug, Lower Shebelle, Middle Juba,^[1] and Jubbada Hoose^[2] regions of Central and southern Somalia. Abgaals consider Xamar (Mogadishu) as their traditional territory.^[3]

Abgaal is one subclan of the Mudulood family, which also includes Wacdaan, Moobleen, and Ujajeen.^[4]

Clan tree

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.^[5][6]

• Hawiye
  • Gaaljal
  • Hawadle
  • Abgal [sic]
    • Harti
      • Angonyar
      • Warsangeli
      • Yacquub/obakar
    • Wabudhan
      • Da'oud
      • Rer Mattan
      • Mohamed Muse
    • Wa'esli
  • Murosade
  • Sheekhaal (Sheikal)
  • Habar Gidir (Haber Gedir)
    • Sa'ad
    • Suleiman
    • Ayr
    • Sarur
  • Waadan

In the south central part of Somalia the World Bank shows the following clan tree:^[7]

• Hawiye
  • Karanle
    • Murusade
  • Gorgate
    • Abgal [sic]
    • Habargidir (Habar Gidir)
    • Sheikhal (Sheekhaal)
    • Duduble
    • Ujeien
  • Gugun-Dhabe
  • Rarane
  • Haskul
  • Jambeele
    • Hawadle
    • Galje'el
    • Ajuran
    • Dagodi

In Puntland the World Bank shows the following:^[8]

• Hawiye
  • Habar Gidir
  • Abgaal
  • Biyamaal
  • Hawaadle
  • Murursade
  • Ujuuran

Traditional

• Imam Mohamud Imam Cumar ,Is the Imam Of Mudulood and also carries the dual position of The Traditional Imam of Hiraab.^[9]

Prominent members of the Abgaal

• Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia
• Nur Hassan Husein, former Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government
• Sharif Ahmed, former President of Somalia, former Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Courts Union
• Ali Mohammed Ghedi, Former Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government.
• Ali Mahdi Muhammad, president of Somalia from January – November 1991
• Hussein Kulmiye Afrah, vice-president of Somalia under the Siad Barre regime.
• Ahmed Maxamed Xasan, Lieutenant Colonel in the Somali Airforce who defused the mig-17 jet fighter bombs.^[10]
• Ali Geedi Shadoor, former Minister under the Siad Barre regime^[11]
• Dr. Hussein Ali Ahmed, former mayor of Mogadishu^[12]
• Salaad Gabeyre Kediye, Major General in the Somali Military, and Chairman of the Somali Revolution
• Ismail Jim'ale Osoble, Somali lawyer and Minister of Information in the government of Aden Abdulle Osman
• Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere, warlord, governor and mayor of Banadir and Mogadishu
• Omar Muhamoud Finnish, leader of a splinter movement of the United Somali Congress/Somali Salvation Alliance
• General Daud Abdulle Hirsi, first commander-in-chief of the Somali National Army Forces
• Salad Ali Jelle, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Transitional Federal Government
• Musa Sudi Yalahow, warlord who served as Trade Minister in the Transitional Federal Government.
• Ali Jimale, educator at the City University of New York
• Mohamud Siad Togane, Somali-Canadian poet, professor, and political activist
• Adde Gabow (Mohamed Ali Hassan), politician,governor and mayor of Banadir and Mogadishu
• Abukar Umar Adani, Islamist, businessman who used to control the El-ma`an beach area which served as Mogadishu's port since the closure in 1995 of the city's main port.^[13]
• Bashir Raghe Shiiraar, secular warlord who was a Member of the dysfunctional US-backed Alliance for Peace and the Fight Against International Terrorism.^[13]
• Sheikh Ali Dhere, cleric and the head of the first Islamic Courts Union in northern Mogadishu in 1996.^[14]
• Farah Weheliye Addow (Sindiko), former Vice President of the Confederation of African Football.^[15][16]
• Abdulahi Ahmed Afrah, Minister of Commerce^[17][18]
• Abdi Mohamed Ulusso, Phd holder,intellectual and 2003 somali Presidential candidate.^[19]
• Hussein Hagi Bood, politician and Ex minister of National planning 1977–81^[20][21]
• Hilowle Imam Omar, politician, former co-chairman of the (Somali Reconciliation and Reconstruction Council) (SRRC) Party.^[19][22][23]
• Mohamed Ali Ameriko, Somali ambassador to Kenya.^[24]
• Ayub Daud, professional Footballer current playing Juventus
• Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere, politician
• Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare, orthographer and the inventor of the Kadariya Script.^[25][26]
• Abdirahman Yabarow, Editor-in-Chief of the VOA Somali Service
• Hassan Mohamed Hussein Mungab, Mayor of Mogadishu

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