Leelkase

Main article: Somali clan

Leelkase ("Hussein bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti") is a Somali subclan of the Darod.

Members of the Leelkase group inhabit parts of the self-proclaimed Puntland, primarily in Mudug region (including the city of Galdogob), the city of Gaalkacyo, Eyl, Rabaable and Garoowe in Nugaal region. Qandala and Bandar Beyla and other cities in the Bari region. However number of the Korshe subclan live in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa, as well as Jijiga and the Fiq Zone of the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

The Korshe subclan has over ten ugaas (tribal chiefs), and its members are believed to number over 400,000, far more than other Leelkase in northeast Somalia, following a split in the clan over 300 years ago.

The Reer Awsalaat subclan inhabits the Bay and Shabeellaha Hoose (or Lower Shabele) regions of Somalia, as well as the North Eastern Province of Kenya, along the Somali, Ethiopian, and Kenyan borders.

The Reer Cali Sheikh subclan may be found in the Shabeellaha Dhexe (Central Shabele) region.

Leelkase subclans

• Maalismoge (Eyl and Gaalkacyo districts)
• Ismail Ali (Qandala)
• Mohamud Ali (Garoowe and Eyl districts in Nugaal Region, Bandar Beyla in Bari Region and Kismayo in Jubbada Hoose)
• Fiqi Ismail (Abaarey, Gaalkacyo, Jubbada Hoose, Roox, Galdogob, Garacad, Buurtinle and Bacadweyn)
  • Reer Ali
  • Reer Hussein
  • Reer Fiqi Muhamoud
  • Reer Ismaan
  • Reer Mahamed
  • Reer Omar
• Mohamed Aadan (Nugaal and Eyl)
• Muumin Aadan (Mudug, Nugaal, Galguduud, Bakool, and Jubbada Hoose regions in Somalia; Somali Region, Ethiopia)
  • Mohamed Muumin (Mudug, Galguduud, and Jubbada Hoose; Somali Region, Ethiopia)
    • Reer Haji
    • Reer Ahmed
    • Reer Farah
    • Reer Hassan Hussein
    • Bihna Fiqi Hassan
    • Bihna Bicidyahan
    • Reer Haji Omar
    • Bihna Weydoow
    • Reer Ali Nur
  • Hassan Muumin (Mudug, Somali Region, Ethiopia, Buurhakaba, and Jubbada Hoose)
    • Reer Jama Hassan
    • Reer Mohamed Hassan
      • Reer Omar
      • Reer Elmi Omar
      • Reer Abdirahman Omar
      • Reer Hussein Omar
      • Reer nuur
        • Reer Hussein nuur
        • Reer Mohamed Nuur
        • Reer jaamac nuur
        • Reer Abdulle Nuur
        • Reer Mahamud Nuur
    • Reer Erigavo
    • Reer Osman
    • Reer Ahmed
    • Reer jaamac
  • Reer Jaamac Hassan, (Bay region, particularly Buurhakaba)
  • Hersi Muumin (Mudug and Nugaal, Somali Region, Ethiopia)
  • Ali Muumin (Mudug, Somali Region, Ethiopia)
• Reer Hassan (Garoowe and Nugaal)
• Reer Habad
• Reer Mohamed Arab (Mudug region and Somali Region, Ethiopia)
• Korshe (Somali Region, Ethiopia)
• Reer Ali Sheik (Ceeldheer district in Galguduud)
• Reer Aw-Salaat (Shabeellaha Hoose)
• Suhurre (Eyl district and Iskushuban)
• Warodhaqo (Somali Region, Ethiopia)

Prominent figures

• Mahamed Muumin (1500–1582), scholar; author of the oldest surviving books in the Horn of Africa.
• Said S. Samatar, professor at Rutgers University.
• Diiftire, a Somali king of the Tanaad kingdom which flourished during the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries in what is now known as Puntland
• Abdisamed cilmi Haashi, well known Somali orator and poet.
• Abdidaahir Mohamud Takar, (also known as Abdi Sagafe), the first Somali aviator.
• Dr. Aden Ugas Mohamed, Internal Medicine Specialist specialist.
• Dr. Yusuf Xirsi Ahmed, tuberculosis specialist
• Dr. Abdirahman Hosh, first Somali to become a fully-licensed lawyer in Canada.
• Hassan Ali Gurhan(matan), writer whose works include Weheliye, Taariikhda Islaamka]], Somali 500 Sano Ka Hor'
• Hassan muumin (1545-1600) well known explorer and military leader'.

Sources

http://www.somaliawatch.org/archivejuly/000904201.htm