Habar Gidir

Main article: Somali clan

Habar Gidir
حابار غيدير

Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Abgaal, other Hawiye clans

The Habar Gidir ([Habargidir] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Arabic: حابار غيدير) are a Somali clan, part of the larger Hawiye group.

The clan has produced some prominent Somali figures, such as Abdullahi Issa, the chairman of the Somali Youth League (SYL) and first Prime Minister of Somalia prior to independence, Dr. Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, the Former President of Somali and the minister of internal/information under Siad Barre, and General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who led the overthrow of the Siad Barre regime.

Clan tree

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. 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.

• Hawiye
  • Gaaljal
  • Hawadle
  • Abgaal (Abgal)
    • Harti
      • Angonyar
      • Warsangeli
      • Abokor
    • Wabudhan
      • Da'oud
      • Rer Mattan
      • Mohamed Muse
    • Wa'esli
  • Murosade
  • Sheekhaal (Sheikal)
  • Habar Gidir Haber Gedir
    • Sa'ad
    • Suleiman
    • Ayr
    • Sarur
  • Waadan

In the south central part of Somalia the World Bank shows the following clan tree:

• Hawiye
  • Karanle
    • Murusade
  • Gorgate
    • Abgal
    • Habargidir
    • Sheikhal
    • Duduble
    • Ujeien
  • Gugun-Dhabe
  • Rarane
  • Haskul
  • Jambeele
    • Hawadle
    • Galje'el
    • Ajuran
    • Dagodi

In Puntland the World Bank shows the following:

• Hawiye
  • Habar Gidir
  • Abgall
  • Biyamaal
  • Hawaadle
  • Murursade
  • Ujuuran

Prominent figures

Politics

• Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (Cayr), President of Somalia 2000-2004
• Abdullahi Issa (Sacad), chairman of the Somali Youth League and first prime minister of Somalia, 1949–1960
• Aden Hashi Ayrow (Cayr), leader of Al-Shabaab movement; died in United States air strike, 2008
• Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid, (Sacad) Former Somali police chief; warlord
• Hassan Dahir Aweys (Cayr), head of the council of the Islamic Courts of Somalia
• Dr. Hussein Ali Shido (Saleebaan), Chairman and co-founder of the United Somali Congress
• Hussein Mohamed Farrah (Sacad), Somali National Alliance (SNA), Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) leader, son of Mohammed Farah Aidid
• General Mohamed Farrah Aidid (Sacad), United Somali Congress leader who ousted Siad Barre's regime
• Asha Haji Elmi (saleebaan)
• Osman Ali Atto(sacad) Somali warlord, affiliated with the Somali National Alliance.
• Mohamoud Mohamed Gacmodhere(Saleebaan) former Presidential candidate.
• Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade (Cayr), head of security affairs for the Islamic Courts Union

Music

• Magool (Halima Khaliif Omar), (Cayr), singer and musician
• Hasan Adan Samatar (Cayr), singer and musician
• Abdi Bashiir Indhobuur (Sacad), poet and composer of many patriotic songs

Literature

• Amina Said Ali (Sacad), author, poet, and medical scientist

Law

• Marian Hussein Awreye, (Sacad), director of the Isma'il Jim'ale Human Rights based in Mogadishu

Journalism

• Mohamed Haji (Ingiriis), (Saleebaan), Brussels-based journalist