Dhulbahante

The Dhulbahante (Somali: Duulbaahaante, Arabic: ضولباهانت‎) is a Somali clan, and a part of the Harti confederation of Darod clans. Members of the clan primarily inhabit the northern Sool, Nugaal, Sanaag and Ayn (a new province carved out of Togdheer) regions of Somaliland, the Haud, some parts of Hargeisa, the port city of Kismayo, as well as other areas in the Jubbada Hoose region of southern Somalia.

[edit]Tradition

Currently, there there are 15 active "Garaad(s), (clan chiefs). The leader of the traditional Dhulbahante Garaad(s) is Garaad Jaamac Garaad Cali.

Under the leadership of Sayid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the Dhulbahante waged war against Britain and Ethiopia for over twenty years, which ended with the British Royal Air Force bombing their command center in Taleex in 1920. The Dulbahante clan lost nearly half of its population in this struggle.

[edit]Clan tree

The following listing is taken from the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics from 2005 and the United Kingdom's Home Office publication, Somalia Assessment 2001.

• Darod (Daarood)
  • Marehan
    • Red Dini
    • Rer Hassan
    • Eli Dheere
    • Habar Esa
  • Kabalah
    • Absame
      • Ogaden
        • Makabul
        • Mohamed Zubeir
        • Aulihan
      • Jidwaq
    • Harti
      • Dhulbahante (Dolbahante)
      • Warsangali (Warsengeli)
      • Majeerteen (Mijerteen)
      • Dishiishe murcase

[edit]Notable Dhulbahante people

• Mohamed Abdi Hashi, interim President of Puntland, October 2004 - January 2005.
• Ali Khalif Galaydh, former Prime Minister under the Transitional National Government.
• Abdi Bile, a former middle distance runner from Somalia and 1500m world champion in 1987.
• S/Guuto Axmed Suleyman Cabdalla "Dafle From 1969 to 1991 Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Minister of Interior and Member of Parliament of the Supreme Council
  • cabdullaahi maxamuud mire-  -from 1980 to1991 The minister of education