Habar Gidir

Habar Gidir

Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali
Religion
Sunni Islam, Sufism
Related ethnic groups
abgaal and other hawiye clans

The Habar Gidir (Somali: Habargidir) is a Somali clan, part of the larger Hawiye group.

The clan has produced some prominent Somali figures, such as Abdullahi Issa, the chairman of the Somali Youth League (SYL) and first Prime Minister of Somalia prior to independence,^[1] Dr. Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, the former President of Somalia, and Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Chairman of the United Somali Congress (USC)^[2]

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.^[3][4]

• Hawiye
  • Gaaljal
  • Hawadle
  • Abgaal (Abgal)
    • Harti
      • Angonyar
      • Warsangeli
      • Abokor
    • Wabudhan
      • Da'oud
      • Rer Mattan
      • Mohamed Muse
    • Wa'esli
  • Murosade
  • Sheekhaal (Sheikal)
  • Habar Gidir
    • Sa'ad
    • Suleiman
    • Ayr
    • Sarur
  • Waadan

In the south central part of Somalia the World Bank shows the following clan tree:^[5]

• Hawiye
  • Karanle
    • Murusade
  • Gorgate
    • Abgal
    • Habargidir
    • Sheikhal
    • Duduble
    • Ujeien
  • Gugun-Dhabe
  • Rarane
  • Haskul
  • Jambeele
    • Hawadle
    • Galje'el
    • Ajuran
    • Dagodi

In Puntland the World Bank shows the following:^[6]

• Hawiye
  • Habar Gidir
  • Abgall
  • Hawaadle
  • Murursade
  • Ujuuran

Prominent figures

Politics

• Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, President of Somalia 2000-2004
• Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid,Former Somali police chief and president of Galmudug
• Abdullahi Issa, chairman of the Somali Youth League and first prime minister of Somalia, 1949–1960
• Abdullahi Ahmed Addow, former Somalia Ambassador to the United States (1970–80)
• Aden Hashi Ayrow, leader of Al-Shabaab movement; died in United States air strike, 2008
• Asha Haji Elmi, peace activist
• Elman Ali Ahmed, entrepreneur and social activis
• Haji Farah Ali Omar, minister for Economic Affairs of Somalia,1956–1960
• Hassan Dahir Aweys, head of the council of the Islamic Courts of Somalia
• Dr. Hussein Ali Shido, Chairman and co-founder of the United Somali Congress
• Hussein Mohamed Farrah, Somali National Alliance (SNA), Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) leader, son of Mohammed Farah Aidid
• Ibrahim Hassan Addou, Former Professor of Washington University. Foreign Minister of the Union of Islamic courts in 2006
• General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, United Somali Congress leader who ousted Siad Barre's regime
• Mohamoud Mohamed Gacmodhere, politician and former Presidential candidate.
• Osman Ali Atto, Somali businessman, affiliated with the Somali National Alliance.
• Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade, head of security affairs for the Islamic Courts Union

Music

• Haliima Magool (Halima Khaliif Omar), singer and musician
• Hasan Adan Samatar, singer and musician
• Abdi Bashiir Indhobuur, poet and composer of many patriotic songs

Literature

• Amina Said Ali, author, poet, and medical scientist

Notes

1. Somalia at the Crossroads. Adonis & Abbey. 2007. p. 10.
2. Chapin Metz, ed., Helen. "Somalia: A Country Study". The Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
3. Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.55 Figure A-1
4. Country Information and Policy Unit, Home Office, Great Britain, Somalia Assessment 2001, Annex B: Somali Clan Structure, p. 43
5. Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.56 Figure A-2
6. Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.57 Figure A-3