Leelkase

Leelkase[1] or Lelkase[2] (Somali: Leelkaase, Arabic: ليلكسي‎) (Hussein bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti) is a subclan of the Somali Darodclan.[2] {| 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 Distribution
 * 2 Clan tree
 * 3 Prominent figures
 * 4 Notes
 * 5 References
 * }

[edit]Distribution
The term "Leelkase" is a Somali nickname, which translates as "farsighted, mindful, smart, very intelligent".[3]

Members of the Leelkase clan primarily inhabit the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.[4] Others can also be found in the Bari,[5] Nugal, Gedo, andLower Juba regions.

[edit]Clan tree
In the south central part of Somalia the World Bank shows the following clan tree:[6]


 * Darod (Darood)
 * Kablalah
 * Koobe
 * Kumade
 * Isse
 * Sade
 * Marehan (Mareehan)
 * Facaye
 * Ortoble
 * Leelkase (Lelkase)

In Puntland the World Bank shows the following:[7]

Korshe, Suhurre.
 * Darod
 * Harti
 * Ogaden
 * Marehan
 * Awrtable
 * Tanade:
 * 1) Lelkase (layle Kase),

[edit]Prominent figures

 * Said Sheikh Samatar, professor at Rutgers University
 * Jama Mohamud Takar, politician
 * Zakariye Haji Abdi (Sakariye Xaaji Cabdi), leader of Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia