Habar Yoonis

Habar Yoonis
هبر يونس
Languages
	Somali and Arabic
Religion
	Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Habar Jeclo, Habar Awal and other Isaaq clans

The Habr Yunis (Somali: Habar Yoonis, Arabic: هبر يونس) (Full Name: Siciid Ismacil (Garxajis) Sheikh Ishaaq ibn Ahmed) is a major Somali clan and is a sub-division of the Garhajis subclan of the Isaaq clan family. Members of this clan are concentrated in the western and eastern portions Somaliland. Habar Yoonis is part of the 4 principal clans of the Isaaq clan.^[1] Two (Habar Yoonis and Eidagale) of the four principal Isaaq clans are part of the Garhajis MOHAMED confederation, the largest and most widespread of the Isaaq clan.

Distribution[]

Map of Somaliland showing distribution Habr Yoonis Tribe in the central and eastern Somaliland

The Habar Yunis inhabit Togdheer, Sanaag, Maroodi Jeex and Sahil regions of Somaliland. The Habar Yunis can also be found in considerable numbers in the Sanaag region and its regional capital of Ceerigaabo. In Togdheer, the Habar Yoonis inhabit the regional capital of Burao, in addition they exclusively settle in the town of Oodweyne. In Maroodi Jeex they have a very significant population, inhabiting the capital Hargeisa. In the Hawd and the Reserved Area, the Habar Yunis, together with their Eidagale kinsmen, populate much of the major towns and trading cities, the most prominent and emerging of the latter being Gashamo.^[2]^[3]

A subclan of the Habr Yunis, the Damal Muse, also inhabit the Mudug region of Somalia.^[4]

Ancestry[]

The tomb of Sheikh Ishaaq, ancestor of the Habar Yoonis clan, located in the ancestral lands of the Habar Yoonis, Maydh, Sanaag.

Sa'id is the ancestor of the Habar Yunis . The Habar indicates a bah alliance or a uterine alliance. The Habar Yunis is a bah alliance of all the descendants of Arre Sa'id whos mother was of the Abbayonis clan.

History[]

Sultans of the Habr Yunis[]

	Name	Reign From	Reign Till
1	Ainasha Hersi (traditional chief)	1770s	1805
2	Sultan Sugulle Ainanshe (first sultan)	1805	1836
3	Sultan Deria Sugulle Ainanshe	1836	1866
4	Sultan Hersi Aman	1866	1879
5	Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman	1881\|	1907
6	Sultan Awad	1884	1892
7	Sultan Dolal	1907	1911
8	Sultan Nur Ismail Amaan	1896	1931
9	Sultan Xirsi	1937	1954
10	Sultan Ise	1955	1964.
11	Sultan Yusuf	1975	1984
12	Sultan Maxamed	1997	current

Notable people[]

Portrait of a 20 year old Habr Yunis man, 1889. Photograph by Prince Roland Bonaparte.

Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, first president of Somaliland and second vice-president.
Amina Moghe Hersi, notable business tycoon of Kenya, Uganda and Africa at large.
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, leader and founder of the Waddani party

Ismail Haji Nour,Mayor of Erigavo and longest serving mayor in somaliland history.

Hersi Aman, was one of the most powerful sultans and conquerer of the hawd regions

References[]

^ Horn of Africa. Horn of Africa Journal. 1997.
^ Waal, Alexander De (1993). "Violent deeds live on: landmines in Somalia and Somaliland, p. 63". |
^ Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). I.M Lewis : peoples of the Horn of Afrcia. ISBN 9781315308173. |
^ Mataan, Asad Cabdullahi (28 November 2012). "Qabaa'ilka Soomaalidu ma isbahaysi baa, mise waa dhalasho?". Caasimada Online. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

External links[]

africa.upenn.edu

[1] Horn of Africa. Horn of Africa Journal. 1997.

[2] Waal, Alexander De (1993). "Violent deeds live on: landmines in Somalia and Somaliland, p. 63". |

[3] Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). I.M Lewis : peoples of the Horn of Afrcia. ISBN 9781315308173. |

[4] Mataan, Asad Cabdullahi (28 November 2012). "Qabaa'ilka Soomaalidu ma isbahaysi baa, mise waa dhalasho?". Caasimada Online. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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