Ayr (clan)

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Ayr (Somali: Cayr or Ceyr), Muhammad Madarkicis Hiraab is a Somali clan, part of the larger Habar Gidir Hawiye clan.

Clan tree[]

Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hawiye clan genealogical tree in The Invention of Somalia:^[1]

• Samaale
  • Irir
    • Hawiye
      • Gugundhabe
        • Baadicade
      • Gorgate
        • Hiraab
          • Mudulood
            • Abgaal
              • Harti
                • Angonyar
                • Warsangeli
                • Abokor
              • Wabudhan
                • Da'oud
                • Rer Mattan
                • Mohamed Muse
              • Wa'esli
            • Wacdaan
            • Moobleen
            • Ujajeen
          • Duduble
          • Habar Gidir
            • Sacad
            • Saleebaan
            • Ayr
            • Saruur
            • Sifaadle

Prominent figures[]

• Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, president of Somalia from 2000 to 2004
• Hasan Adan Samatar, Somali singer, guitarist and theatrical performer
• Magool, Somali singer
• Yusuf Garaad Omar, Somali journalist, diplomat and politician, Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Aden Hashi Farah, former leader of al-Shabaab, the youth movement of the Islamic Courts Union
• Hassan Dahir Aweys, head of the 90-member Shura council of the Islamic Courts Union, Leader Hizbul Islam
• Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade, head of security affairs for the Islamic Courts Union, Somali defence minister (TFG).
• Mahad Mohamed Salad, State Minister for Presidential Palace

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