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The Marehan (Somali: Mareexaan) ("Ahmed bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti") a Somali clan, is one of the major Darod subclans and part of the Sade clan family . The majority of the Marehan live in Jubbaland Gedo and Lower Jubba Regions in southwest Somalia, the Galguduud and Mudug Regions in central Somalia, the Ogaden, and northeast Kenya.

The Marehan are popularly considered as the most fiercest nationalists among the Somali people. Straddling between the Ethio-Somali border and the Kenyan-Somali border, they have always played key roles in both the rising up of Somali nationalistic fervor and the charge into action towards the attainment of a one greater Somalia. The Marehan are recorded in history ranging from Siad Barre's ancient chronicles to Richard Burton's modern analysis of the East African sub-region as a force to be played with and the least of the Somali and his characteristics.The British sent several punitive expeditions into the Marehan country during WW II but they were rebuffed and watched from the sidelines as the Marehan signed a treaty of peace and cooperation with the Italians giving the Marehan a respite against imperialism and the Italians a respite from Marehan ugliness. The Marehan continued to practice their heavy influence among the Somali people with the ascension of President Mohamed Siad Barre into power. The country became the scientific laboratory of the Marehan and its subsequent modernization and development was put into place. Cities sprung up, the Somali language was given an official script, the most successful literacy campaign as recorded by the U.N was put to place, equality was promoted, and the over all livelihood of the Somali rose tremendously under the tuteluge of the Marehan. The Marehan not surprisingly once again led the Somalis into the Ogaden War with the fulfillment of the legacy of Ahmed Gurey in mind. They succeeded on the whole only to withdraw after the Communist world led by the Soviet Union and Cuba came to the immediate aid of the Ethiopians. The Marehan are currently considered one of the weakest proponents of a re-emergence of a strong and viable Somali state with their disdain of the civil war and the applause they are receiving as they are increasingly realized as a vehicle of force towards the re-emergence of their homeland from civil war and anarchy.


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[edit] Marehan subclans

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures. The divisions and subdivisions as here given are partial and simplified. Many lineages are omitted. For a comparison of different views on the clan-lineage-structures see the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics.[1]

  • Reer Ugaas Sharmarkke
  • Reer Warsame
  • Reer Kooshin
  • Reer Dalal
  • Diini Farah
  • Gulayd Farah
  • Hersi Farah
  • Siyad Ugas
  • Siyaad Hussein
  • Celi
  • bah-Abaskul
  • Warfardhac
  • Ali-Dhere
  • Talhe
  • Habar Ise
  • Rer Hassan
  • Soonfure
  • Garad
  • Hawlrarsame
  • Ali Hussein
  • Rer Ismaan
  • Yosef Mohamed

[edit] Political organizations

  • Marehan Union, MU (1956-1969)
  • Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party, SRSP (1969-1976)
  • Supreme Revolutionary Council, SRC (1976-1991)
  • Somali National Front, SNF (1991-2001)
  • Jubba Valley Alliance, JVA (2001-present)

[edit] Prominent figures

  • Col. Abdi Igal, former commender of JVA and currenty director of islamic court devolopment.
  • Sultan Mohamoud Qhalib Dhore, Marehan cheiftain
  • Sheikh Mohamed Mohamoud, Father of the Somali constitution
  • Aden Shire Jama "Law", Organized first Somali elections
  • Abdikarim Gelle Bayr, Computer Scientist and famed collector of Somali Literature.
  • Ahmed Sugulle Hersi, consul of Somalia in Italy 1989-2005
  • Dr. Mohamed Mohamud Jango'an, Somali interior minister
  • Dr. Abdiqadir H. Mohammed, Chairman of the Somali Social Committee
  • Fatimo Isaak Bihi, First Somali female ambassador, Ambassador to Geneva, Director of the African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Muraayed Garaad, President of the Somali Women Organization
  • Shire Jama Ahmed, inventor of the Somali script
  • Dr. Warsame Indholey, Director of the Somali Developmental Crash Program, oversaw the successful Somali literacy campaign *[ali sudi]vice president of somali airlines
  • [shire sudi]vice minister of somali fisheries
  • Mohammoud Jama, Governor of the Somali Banks
  • Gen Osman Aingail, head of the Criminal Investigation Department
  • Lt. Colonel Mohammed Samatar, Head of Military Intelligence
  • Col Cabdi Igal former militia leader
  • Gen. Ali Mataan Hashi, pioneer Somali airplane pilot and Siad Barre's National Security Advisor
  • Col. Cabdisamad Xirsi Aadan, former POW of ethopia
  • Cabdirizak Mohamud Abdihosh, current director of islamic court devolopment.
  • Haji Hussein Mohammed, President of the Somali Airlines
  • Abdulkadir Toor, Director of the Agency for Theatre and Films
  • Abdiqadir Hersi Yam-Yam, prominent Somali poet and scholar
  • Khadija Abdulahi "Dalays", First national Somali female singer
  • Dr. Mohammed Sheikh Adden, premier Somali intellectual and former head of Somali Technological Development, Minister of Information, Minister of Education, Head of the Ideology Bureau SRRC
  • Dr. Ali Kanini, first internationally certified Somali doctor
  • Abdulahi Haji, broadcaster and longest-serving chief editor with the Somali BBC.
  • Yusuf Ali Nuur, Chairman of the Somali Defence and Security Committee
  • Mohamoud Sayid Addan, Minister for National Assets and Procurement, 2004
  • Gen. Omar Hashi Massaleh, former Somali Minister of Defense, former Chairman of SNF
  • Col. Mohammed Nur Sharee, Chief Adviser to President Siad Barre
  • Gen. Ali Hure Loyan, commander of Somali Police Forces, 2004-
  • Gen. Abdirahman Hussein, commander of the Militia Forces
  • Col. Abdirizak Isaak Biixi, head of Parliamentary Committee on Security, former Chairman of SNF
  • Col. Cumar Jamac CaliJiir, form. commander of the Militia Forces
  • Col. Hashi Mohamed Guled (Shiino), architect of national law and military enforcement
  • Eng. Hussein Faray, governor of Gedo Region.
  • Yusuf Ibrahim, Mayor of Mogadishu
  • Dr. Haji Macaliin, scientist
  • Ibrahim Farah, Somali scholar and diplomat

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.56
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