Warsangali

The Warsangeli is a son of a Mohamud Harti(Somali: Qabiilka Warsangeli; Arabic: قبيلة ورسنقلي‎), (also Moorasaante/Awrkii Cirka, Warsengeli, Warsingeli, Oor Singally[1] ) is aSomali clan, part of the Harti confederation of Darod sub-clans. In the Somali language, it means "bringer of good news."[1]

The Warsangeli clan primarily inhabits the Maakhir region of northern Somalia, which consists of Sanaag, northern Sool, and the northwestern part of theBari region, along with some parts of southern Somalia (Bay, Bakool and Jubbada Hoose). The Warsangeli also have the oldest Sultanate amongst the Somali clans who inhabit the area comprising the former British Somaliland. {| class="toc" id="toc" style="font-size: 12px; color: black; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; "

Contents
[hide]*1 Citizens of Warsangeli
 * 2 Western explorers and Warsangeli
 * 3 Clan tree
 * 4 Notable members
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links
 * }

[edit]Citizens of Warsangeli
An article titled "Seychellois rekindle ties with Sultan of Somaliland" which was featured in one of the newspapers of the Republic of Seychelles captures a glimpse of Warsangeli history. It writes, "the Warsengeli Sultanate has been in existence for the last six hundred years."[2] The clan's territory was recognized in the Arabian Peninsula, where it was referred to as Makhar or Makhir Coast. In 1848, C. J. Cruttenden reported that Warsangeli andMajeerteen territories were the most commercially valuable in the Nugaal Valley, and that Banians had become successful exporters.[3] The Cal Madowchain of mouintains, which is inside the clan's territory, extends to the cities of Bosaso (the capital of the Bari region) and Ceerigaabo (the capital of the Sanaag region) in an east-west direction.

[edit]Western explorers and Warsangeli
Ruins of the Warsangeli Sultanate in Laasqoray.Captain S. B. Miles's "On the Neighbourhood of Bunder Marayah" (1872) describes the Burri (eastern) clans, including the Warangeli, as being "as a rule, peaceable and orderly, and are generally loth to shed blood" and the Gulbêdh (western) clans as "much more turbulent and predatory than the Burri, and are in a chronic state of warfare and anarchy."[4] C. J. Cruttenden, writing of the Dubeiss, an "Oor Singally" clan, reports that "in this tribe, theft is looked upon with abhorrence.... To call a man a thief is a deadly insult, to be washed out by blood alone. Pity is that the Somali tribes of the Edoor have not the same prejudice in favour of honesty."[1] In contrast to Miles' account, Cruttenden characterized them as "powerful and warlike".[1]

[edit]Clan tree
The United Kingdom's Home Office publication, Somalia Assessment 2001.[5] [6]


 * Darod (Daarood)
 * Marehan
 * Red Dini
 * Rer Hassan
 * Eli Dheere
 * Kabalah
 * Absame
 * Ogaden
 * Makabul
 * Mohamed Zubeir
 * Aulihan
 * Jidwaq
 * Harti
 * Dhulbahante (Dolbahante)
 * Warsangali (Warsengeli)
 * Majeerteen (Mijerteen)
 * Dishiishle  {dshiishe}

In his book "First Footsteps of East Afric (1856), Richard Francis Burton lists 18 principal subclans of Warsangeli, as follows:

Soory but Richard Burton never met any warsangali



[edit]Notable members

 * Mohamoud Ali Shire, Sultan of former British Somaliland (1897–1960)
 * Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl, writer
 * Abdillahi Mohammed Ahmed, known as Qablan, former Under-Secretary of Finance
 * Abdullahi Ahmed Jama ‘Ilkajir’ Somali Army General and Interior Minister of Puntland,2009–Present
 * Jama Korshel, Somali Army General, former Head of Somali Police and one of the leaders of 1969 coup d'état of Somalia
 * Hasan Hayle (Xasan Xayle), poet from Las Khorey
 * Fatima Jibrell, founder of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization (Horn Relief)
 * Mohammed Haji-Ali Shirwa Former Colonel in Somali Army and Historian
 * Mohamed Nuur Giriig, classical singer