Abgaal
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Main article: Somali clan

Abgaal are a Somali clan and are part of the Hawiye. They live in the Shabeellaha Dhexe, Galguduud, Banaadir, Mudug and Shabeellaha Hoose regions of Central and southern Somalia. They have played an important role in the capital, Mogadishu, where they are the majority of Hawiye sub-clans. In Mogadishu today, all clans are to be found with the Hiraab tribes, but the Abgaal form the majority. Abgaals consider Xamar (Mogadishu) as their traditional land.¹

Abgaal does not necessarily mean Mudulood:^{clarification needed} Abgaal are only subclan of the Mudulood family, which consists of Udeejeen or Ciise ,Wacweytan,Darandoole, Daroo Mudulood, Hiilebi, Wacdaan Osman, Wadalaan Osman, Moobleen Osman, Lilawaay and Abgaal Osman.² Wacdaan Osman and Moobleen Osman's traditional land is Shabelada Hoose.^{citation needed}

State of Abgaal , State of Yaquub

State Of Yaquub: the Sultanate of Somali tribe Abgaal months sovereigns Sultan Haji Omar Hilowle AL-Yaquuby, Mogadishu was sentenced to a long period in the eighth century Ten AD.^{clarification needed}

Mogadishu Kingdom 900 - 1860 AD

First Sultan of the Mogadishu Kingdom Rulers from 900 - 1860 AD

• Suldaanadii soo maray beelweynta Abgaal waxaa ka mid:-
• Sultan Doodshe Aadan Good, Suldankii Gobalada kala ah Mudug, G/gaduud, Sh/ Dhexe, Benadir, Sh/Hoose
• Sultan Daamey Ali (Xume) Axmed
• Sultan Cumar father of Abu bakr
• Sultan Abu Bakr
• Sultan Axmad I
• Sultan Maxammad I
• Sultan Axmad II
• Sultan Maxmud
• Sultan Cali
• Sultan Cismaan
• Sultan Muxammad II
• Sultan Axmad III-1860
• Sultan Hassan Abdulqadir Haji

Sub-clans of the Abgaal

Reference:³

• Harti
  • Abokor
    • Yaquub
    • Yabaorw (qajaf weyn)
  • Agonyar
    • Cabdalle
    • Reer Aadan
    • Gabale
    • Celi
    • Buraale
  • Ciise Harti
  • Cabdalle Caroone
    • Jiiryar
    • Ricle
    • Yaryar
    • Idiris
  • Warsangali
    • Cumar
    • Cabdalle
• Wabudhan
  • Cabdulle Galmaax
  • Celi Cumar Galmaax
    • Cali Celi
    • Cosoble Celi
    • Ibraahin Celi
    • Geesaweyn Celi
    • Shige Celi
    • Xassan Gaab Celi
  • Daa’uud
    • Issaq Daa’uud
    • Youssef Daa’uud
  • Kaabale
    • Haile Muse
    • Salebaan Muse
  • Mattan Cumar Galmaax or Reer Mattan
    • Reer Bareesya
    • Reer Maxamuud
    • Reer Diinle
    • Reer Duuliye
    • Reer Weheliye
  • Yuusuf Galmaax
    • Mahamed Muuse
    • Wehliye Muuse
    • Xasan Muuse
  • Yoonis
• Waesli (Waceesle) or Warculus
  • Absuge
  • Ali-yabaal
  • Cabdirahman
    • Macalin Aflax
    • Dhagageys
  • Cali Gaaf
  • Dhagaweyne
• Faqay ( Cumar Waceysle)
  • Haaruun Waceysle]]
  • Jibraa'iil Waceysle
  • Macalndhblawe
    • Cabdi Macalin
    • Cismaan Macalin
    • Eybakargaab
    • Maxamed Cadde Macalin
  • Saleymaan
• Daylacood
• Daymaculus
• Maxamud
• Cabdulle or Jurtub
• Ceynato

Prominent members of the Abgaal

Traditional

• Imam Mohamud Imam Cumar ,Is the Imam Of Mudulood and also The Traditional Imam of Hiraab.[ref][20].

Political

• Nur Hassan Husein Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government
• Hussein Kulmiye Afrah, vice-president of Somalia under the Siad Barre regime.
• Major General Salad Gabeyre Kadiye, first Somali Military Lieutenant and Chairman of the Somali Revolution (Kacdoonkii Soomaaliyeed)
• Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Courts Union
• Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere, warlord, governor and mayor of Banadir and Mogadishu
• Omar Muhamoud Finnish, leader of a splinter movement of the United Somali Congress/Somali Salvation Alliance
• Ali Mohammed Ghedi, Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government
• General Daud Abdulle Hirsi, first commander-in-chief of the Somali National Army Forces
• Salad Ali Jelle, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Transitional Federal Government
• Ali Mahdi Muhammad, president of Somalia from January - November 1991
• Musa Sudi Yalahow, warlord who served as Trade Minister in the Transitional Federal Government.
• Ali Jimale, educator at the City University of New York
• Ahmed Maxamed Xasan, Lieutenant Colonel in the Somali Airforce.⁴⁵
• Mohamud Siad Togane, Somali-Canadian poet, professor, and political activist
• Adde Gabow (Mohamed Ali Hassan), politician
• Abukar Umar Adani, Islamist, wealthy business man who used to control the El-ma`an beach area which served as Mogadishu`s port since the closure in 1995 of the city's main port.⁶
• Bashir Raghe Shiiraar, secular warlord who was a Member of the dysfunctional US-backed Alliance for Peace and the Fight Against International Terrorism.⁶
• Sheikh Ali Dhere, cleric and the head of the first Islamic Courts Union in northern Mogadishu in 1996.⁷
• Farah Weheliye Addow (Sindiko), former Vice President of the Confederation of African Football.⁸⁹
• Prof. Dr. Abdulahi Ahmed Afrah, Minister of Commerce¹⁰¹¹
• Dr. Abdi Mohamed Ulusso, intellectual and 2003 Presidential candidate.¹²
• Dr. Hussein Hagi Bood, politician and former warlord.¹³¹⁴
• Dr.Hilowle Imam Omar, politician, former co-chairman of the (Somali Reconciliation and Reconstruction Council)(SRRC) Party.¹²¹⁵¹⁶
• Dr.Mohamed Ali Ameriko, Somali ambassador to Kenya.¹⁷

Poets

• Xuseen Sheekh Ahmed Kadarre, orthographer¹⁸¹⁹
• Abdulle Geedannaar, poet²⁰
• Sheekh Ahmed Gabyow, poet²¹

References

1. ^ Jimale Ahmed, Ali (2002). "Nuruddin Farah and the (Re)Writing of Somali Historiography: Narrative as a Politically Symbolic Act". in Derek Wright. Emerging Perspectives on Nuruddin Fara. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. pp. p. 234. ISBN 0865439192, http://books.google.com/books?id=7IEDpL41t3oC&pg=PA234&vq=abgaal&dq=Emerging+Perspectives+on+Nuruddin+Farah&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U3vPIaa6XKJdWIf7gtIUw4C6KQwOg. Retrieved on 2 July 2008. 
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