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Majeerteen

Total population

Regions with significant populations

Somalia
Ethiopia

Languages

Somali and Arabic

Religions

Islam ^(Sunni)

Related ethnic groups

Dhulbahante, Mehri, Warsangali and other Harti and Darod groups.

The Majeerteen, Majerteen or Macherten ("Muhammad Harti Amaleh Abdi Muhammad Abdirahman Jaberti.") is a Somali sub-clan. They form part of the Harti clan, which is in turn part of the Darod clan and primarily inhabit the region of Puntland in the northeast of Somalia.

The sultanate of the Majeerteens played an important role in the pre-colonial era. The clan has produced two presidents and two prime ministers since 1960, as well as a Sultan and a King (Boqor). Majeerteens also held many other important government posts in the 1960s and early 1970s and continue to play a key role in Puntland.

The related Harti clans Dhulbahante and Warsangali inhabit the Sool and Sanaag regions, respectively.

1 Territory
2 The Majeerteen Sultanates
3 Some sub-clans
4 Prominent figures
5 References

[edit] Territory

Majeerteen members are found in their traditional territories such as the northern regions of Bari, Nugaal, Mudug. The Majerteens also have the southern port of Kismayo as their traditional territory.

[edit] The Majeerteen Sultanates

Farther east on the Majeerteen (Bari) coast, by the middle of the 19th century two tiny kingdoms emerged that would play a significant political role on the Somali Peninsula prior to colonization. These were the Majeerteen Sultanates of Boqor Ismaan Mahamuud, and that of his kinsman Sultan Yusuf Ali Keenadid of Hobyo (Obbia). The Majeerteen Sultanate originated in the mid 18th century, but only came into its own in the 19th century with the reign of the resourceful Ismaan Mahamuud. Mahamuud's kingdom benefited from British subsidies (for protecting the British naval crews that were periodically shipwrecked on the Somali coast) and from a liberal trade policy that facilitated a flourishing commerce in livestock, ostrich feathers, and gum arabic. While acknowledging a vague vassalage to the British, the sultan kept his desert kingdom free until well after 1800.

Ismaan Mahamuud's sultanate was nearly destroyed in the middle of the 19th century by a power struggle between him and his young, ambitious cousin, Keenadiid. Nearly five years of destructive civil war passed before Boqor Mahamuud managed to stave off the challenge of the young upstart, who was finally driven into exile in Arabia. A decade later, in the 1870s, Keenadiid returned from Arabia with a score of Hadhrami musketeers and a band of devoted lieutenants. With their help, he carved out the small Sultanate of Hobyo after conquering the local Hawiye clans. Both kingdoms, however, were gradually absorbed by the extension into southern Somalia of Italian colonial rule in the last quarter of the 19th century.^[1]

[edit] Some sub-clans

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures. For a comparison of different views on the clan-lineage-structures see the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics.^[2]

Wabeeneeye
- Ali Wabeeneeye
- Ahmed Wabeeneeye
Noleys
- Mohamed Nooleys
  - Saleebaan
    - Ali Saleebaan
      - Awlayahan Ali
      - Bicidyahan Ali
      - Ismail Ali
      - Omar Ali
      - Aden Ali
      - Said Ali
    - Ugaar Saleebean
      - Idriis ugar
      - Ciise ugar
      - Abdriraxmaan ugar
      - Maxamad ugar
    - Ismail Saleebean
    - Cabdirixiin Saleebaan
    - Mohamed Warfaa
    - Yusuf warfaa
    - Mahmoud Saleebaan
      - Omar Mahmoud
        
        Mohamed Omar
        
        Ishak Omar
        
        Reer Mohamed Farah
        
        Reer Khalaf
      - Nuux Mahmoud
      - Cisman Mahmoud
      - Ciise Mahmoud
  - Reer Cumar
  - Odaa Rogan
  - Aan iswasno
  - Wan barweyn
  - Bari-bari
    - Cumar Umad Nabi
    - Toljecel Hassan Talareer
  - Mahamed (Umad Nabi)
    - Reer Bicidyahan
      - Reer Xaamud
      - Galaeri
    - Reer Mahmoud
    - Abdalle Ibrahim
    - Jibraahiil
      - Ali Jibraahiila
      - Nuh Jibrahiil
- Xuseen Talorer
  - Siwaaqroon
    - Abokor
    - Aadan
    - Mahamed
- Musse Noleys (Idigfale)
  - Said (Islaan-soor)
    - Salah Said
    - Mohamed Said
    - Ahmed Said
    - Abdi Said
  - Omar (Iidyabare)
    - Hassan Omar
- Abdalle Noleys (Danweyne)
Amaanle
Guddoonwaaq
Filkucaag
Hamarti-Waaq
Tabale
Reer Haamid

[edit] Prominent figures

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former Dutch Parliament member and daughter of Hirsi Magan Isse
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, current transitional President of Somalia
Hassan Abshir Farah, former Mogadishu mayor, Somali ambassador to Japan and later to Germany, interior minister of Puntland, prime minister of Transitional Federal Government from Arta, and current TFG minister of fishing and marine resources.
Mohamud Muse Hersi, President of Puntland
Abdirizak Haji Hussein, former Prime Minister of Somalia
Iman, supermodel
Hirsi Magan Isse, scholar, and leader of the Somali revolution
Jama Ali Jama, Colonel in the Somali military and former President of Puntland
Osman Yuusuf Keenadiid, inventor of the Osmanya writing script
Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid, author of the Somali Dictionary and founding member of the Somali Youth League
Mohammed Awale Liban, designed the flag of Somalia
Mire Hagi Farah Mohamed, Somali Finance Minister 2004-2006, and former Mayor Of Kismayo port City
Abdilwali Hersi Abdille Indhaguran, former Minister of Electricity and Power Generation of the Somali national government(TNG), and Minister of Federal and Somali Affairs of Puntland state of Somalia
Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, son-in-law of Siad Barre and minister of defense of Somalia
Mohammed Jibril Muse, former Chief of Somali Secret Service, General and later on Police chief of state of Puntland^[3]
Muse Dude Samatar, former Chief of Police (1970's-1980's), and former Minister of Agriculture
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, first Prime Minister of Somalia, second President of Somalia (10 June 1967 until 16 October 1969)