Hahi

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Hahi
Xaaxi
حاحي
Town
Hahi is located in Somaliland
Hahi
Hahi
Location in Somaliland
Coordinates: 09°21′7″N 44°57′51″E / 9.35194°N 44.96417°E / 9.35194; 44.96417Coordinates: 09°21′7″N 44°57′51″E / 9.35194°N 44.96417°E / 9.35194; 44.96417
Country Somaliland
RegionTogdheer
DistrictOodweyne District
Elevation
1,008 m (3,307 ft)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
ClimateBWh

Hahi (Somali: Xaaxi, Arabic: حاحي), is a town in Oodweyne District located in western Togdheer, Somaliland.

History[]

Hahi started as a permanent well for pastoralists and became a settlement. In the 19th century, members of the Sufi order Dandarawiyah would establish a tariqa and jama'a (congregation) at the town. The order was founded by Sayid Mohamed al Dandarawi who was a student of Ibrahim al Rashid and their teachings spread from Arabia to Sudan before eventually reaching Somaliland via the Somali Sheikh Sayid Aadan Ahmed.[1][2] It would spread to Sheikh although it remained much smaller than the established Qadiriyya or Salihiyya orders. A young Nur Ahmed would study in the tariqa of Hahi before a succession crisis would prompt him to leave and eventually see him take the title of Habr Yunis Sultan.[3]

Demographics[]

Hahi is inhabited by subclans of the Habar Yunis, a subdivision of the Garhajis clan of the wider Isaaq clan family.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Abdurahman M. Abdullahi (Baadiyow) (2015). THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN SOMALIA. Adonis & Abbey. p. 65-74. ISBN 9781912234035.
  2. ^ http://www.ahmadiah-idrisiah.com/founders2-e.php
  3. ^ British Somaliland by Drake Brockman, pages 79–82, 1912.
  4. ^ General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950, 164
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