Leelkase

Main article: Somali clan
Leelkase
ليلكسي
Regions with significant populations
 Somalia
 Ethiopia
 Kenya
Languages

Somali
Religion

Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups

Dhulbahante, Marehan, Warsangali, Majerteen, Awrtable, Ogaden, other Darod groups

Leelkase[1] or Lelkase[2] (Somali: Leelkaase, Arabic: ليلكسي‎) (Hussein bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti) is a subclan of the Somali Darod clan.[2]

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Distribution

The term "Leelkase" is a Somali nickname, which translates as "farsighted, mindful, smart, very intelligent".[3]

Members of the Leelkase clan primarily inhabit the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.[4] Others can also be found in the Bari,[5] Nugal, Gedo, and Lower Juba regions.

Clan tree

In the south central part of Somalia the World Bank shows the following clan tree:[6]

In Puntland the World Bank shows the following:[7]

Prominent figures

Notes

  1. ^ United Nations Security Council, Letter dated 21 November 2006 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee..., p. 20
  2. ^ a b World Bank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics , pp. 56-57
  3. ^ Diiriye, p.65.
  4. ^ Africa events, p.17.
  5. ^ Bader, p.236.
  6. ^ Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.56 Figure A-2
  7. ^ Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.57 Figure A-3

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