Jeberti people

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Jeberti
Regions with significant populations
Horn of Africa
Languages
Tigrinya, Somali, Amharic and Arabic (sometimes)
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Darood

The Jeberti (also spelled Jabarti, Jaberti, Jebarti or Djeberti) are a Muslim[1] clan inhabiting the Horn of Africa, mainly Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen and Oman.

History[]

Islam was in the Horn of Africa early on from the Arabian peninsula, shortly after the hijra. Zeila's Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Two-mihrab Mosque) dates to the 7th century, and is the oldest mosque in the city.[2] In the late 9th century, Al-Yaqubi wrote that Muslims were living along the northern Somali seaboard.[3] Among these early migrants was Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, the forefather of the Darod clan family.[4] Al-Maqrizi noted that a number of the Muslims settled in the Zeila-controlled Jabarta region which is presently northeastern Somalia, and from there gradually expanded into the hinterland in the horn of Africa.[5] The Jebertis (Darod) are the biggest clan in terms of population and land size in Somalia and a large minority in Yemen, Oman, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Most Jeberti concentrated cities include Asmara, Addis Ababa, Kismayo, Badhan, Garowe, Lasanod, Garbaharrey, Jigjiga, Bosaso, Bardera, Buraan, Garissa and Salalah.

Language[]

The Jebertis in Somalia are called "Darood"; they are descended from Abdurahman bin Ismail Al-Jeberti are from Al-Jabarta in the Hejaz and Yemen. The Somali Jebertis clan family speak Somali and Arabic. In Eritrea they mainly speak Tigrinya and Arabic, while the Jeberti in Ethiopia speak Amharic.

Culture[]

Rural Jaberti engage in farming and cultivate crops like millet, maize, wheat, and barley. Many also raise livestock like cattle, chickens, donkeys, sheep, goats, and others. Urban Jaberti generally live in poor conditions and work in low-paying jobs due to Christians dominating the economic and political landscape of cities.[6]

See also[]

  • Habesha

References[]

  1. ^ Trimingham, J (1965). Islam in Ethiopia. Frank Cass. pp. 150–151. ISBN 0-7146-1731-8.
  2. ^ Briggs, Phillip (2012). Somaliland. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 7. ISBN 978-1841623719.
  3. ^ Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 25. Americana Corporation. 1965. p. 255.
  4. ^ Somaliland Society (1954). The Somaliland Journal, Volume 1, Issues 1-3. The Society. p. 85.
  5. ^ Tamrat, Taddesse (1972). Church and state in Ethiopia, 1270-1527. Clarendon Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-19-821671-1.
  6. ^ Olson, James Stuart; Meur, Charles (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 249–250. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.

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  1. ^ Facts On File, Incorporated (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase Publishing. p. 336. ISBN 143812676X.
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