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The Hawiye ([Hawiiye] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Arabic: هاويي) is a Somali clan whose members live in central and southern Somalia, in the Somali Region and the North Eastern Province (currently administered by Ethiopia and Kenya, respectively), and in smaller numbers in other countries. Like many Somalis, Hawiye members trace their ancestry to Irir Samaale. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Human Rights Watch indicate that Hawiye is the largest Somali clan.[1][2] Other sources, including the Canadian Report of the Somalia Commission of Inquiry, indicate that the Darod is the largest Somali clan.[3][4] Hawiye is the dominant clan in the Somali capital since 12th century, Mogadishu.[5]
History
The first reference to the Hawiye dates back to the 13th century writings of the Arab geographer, Ibn Sa'id, who describes Merca as the "capital of Hawiye country". The 12th century cartographer Muhammad al-Idrisi may have referred to the Hawiye as well, as he called Merca the region of the "Hadiye", which Herbert S. Lewis believes is a scribal error for "Hawiye", as do Guilliani, Schleicher, and Cerulli.[6]
In the book First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard F. Burton, it is mentioned:
"The Hawiyah are doubtless of ancient and pagan origin; they call all Somal except themselves Hashiyah, and thus claim to be equivalent to the rest of the nation. Some attempt, as usual, to establish a holy origin, deriving themselves like the Shaykhash from the Caliph Abubekr: the antiquity, and consequently the Pagan origin of the Hawiyah are proved by its present widely scattered state; it is a powerful tribe in the Mijjarthayn country, and yet is found in the hills of Harar."[7].
Al Jazeera News reported on April 13, 2007 that senior Hawiye leaders declared war on the Ethiopian army, which is positioned inside Somalia, and called upon their fellow Somalis to join them. The clan has subsequently played a singular effort to fight against the Ethiopian invasion and the Somali government led by former president Abdullahi Yusuf [8]
Sons Of Hawiye Irir
- Karanle Hawiye
- Gugundhabe
- Gurgaate
- Jambeele
- Xaskul Hawiye
- Raaranle
Hawiye sub-clans
Subclans of the Hawiye include:[10]
- Abgaal
- Ajuran
- Baadicade
- Duduble
- Fiqishini
- Jibade
- Garre
- Karanle
- Kidir
- Garjante
- Gorgaarte
- Gugundhabe
- Habar Gidir
- Xawadle
- Hiilebi
- Hintire
- Hobay
- Iilawaay
- Kaariye
- Masare
- Maxamad Gurgaarte
- Mayle Gurgaarte
- Moobleen
- Murusade
- Raaranle
- Sheekhaal
- Silcis
- Saxawle
- Ujeejeen
- Wacdaan
- Wadalaan
- Xaskul
Notable Hawiye people
Political
Politicians
- Sharif Ahmed, President of Somalia, former leader of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU)
- Nur Hassan Hussein, former Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government.
- Abdullahi Issa, Prime minister of Somalia 1949–1960, chairman of the Somali Youth League political party.
- Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, the first president of Somalia 1960–1967
- Haji Farah Ali Omar, the first Somali finance minister (1960–1969) and the inventor of the Somali five shilling
- Ali Shido Abdi, one the earliest members of SYL and former vice chairman.
- Abdullahi Ahmed Addou, ambassador to the United States (1970-1980), finance minister (1980-1984)
- Ali Mahdi Muhammad, interim president of Somalia
- Mohamed Farrah Aidid, chairman of United Somali Congress and the Somali National Alliance
- Mohamed Afrah Qanyare, Member of Parliament, current chairperson of the United Somali Congress, came third at the Somali presidential elections in Kenya in October 2004
- Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, former President of Somalia, 2000-2004
- Ali Mohamed Osoble, one of the founders of the USC in Rome and its leader before Dr. Hussein Ali Shido and Aidid
Mohamed Hasan Haad (Leader Ealders Hawiye Clan]
- Mohamoud Mohamed Gacmodhere, former Interior Minister of Somalia and presidential candidate
- Ibrahim Hassan Addou, foreign minister for the Islamic Courts of Somalia
- Abdirahman Janaqow,Somali leader, and deputy chairman of the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia (ICU),Minister of justice
Ali Sheikh Mohamed (Shiino) Member Of leader Hawiye
Literature
- Magool(Halima Khaliif Omar),Somali singer and Famaus musician
- Abdi Bashiir Indhobuur, poet and composer who wrote many famous patriotic songs
- Hasan Adan Samatar, He is a singer and Famaus musician,
- K'naan K`naan Warsame He is Somali-Canadian poet, rapper and Musician
Abdulkadir Omar Moallim (Jubba)somali singer Abudul kadir Hanuniye Somali singer Sayd Khalifa Somali singer
Military
- General Daud Abdulle Hirsi, the first Somali with the rank of general in the first Somali Army
Militia leaders
- Maxamed Qanyare Afrax, ex-warlord who was based south of Mogadishu's Dayniile neighborhoods.
- Musa Sudi Yalahow, Somali warlord who served as Trade Minister in the Transitional Government of Ali Mohammed Ghedi
- Omar Muhamoud Finnish, leader of a splinter movement of the United Somali Congress/Somali Salvation Alliance
- Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere, Somali warlord, governor and mayor of Banadir and Mogadishu
- Osman Ali Atto, Hawiye:Habar Gedir:Sacad; SNA; appointed Minister of Public Works and Housing; resigned on July 27, 2006 with the victory of the Islamic Courts Union in the Second Battle of Mogadishu.
- Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade was an Islamist member of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia, and serves as the ICU's head of security affairs.
- Hussein Mohamed Farrah, Somali warlord Former President of Somalia; leader of SNA and SRRC; Deputy Prime Minister; former Interior Minister; moved to Minister of Public Works and Housing in February 2007
- Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid, a Somali militia leader, or warlord, affiliated with the Somali National Alliance and a member of the Habar Gedir clan
Religious leaders
- Sheikh Ali Dhere, a Founder of the Islamic courts
Traditional rule
- Olol Diinle, Sultan of Ajuran emperor
Political factions and organizations
- United Somali Congress (USC) Formed in 1989, it played a key role in the ouster of the government of Siad Barre
- Somali National Alliance (SNA) formed by Mohamed Farrah Aidid
- Somali Salvation Army, the Ali Mahdi Muhammad branch of the United Somali Congress
- Juba Valley Alliance (JVA), primary opponent of the Somali Patriotic Movement
- Islamic Courts Union (ICU), a rival administration to the Transitional Federal Government.
- Hizbul Shabaab, the Youth Movement wing of the ICU before ceding the organisation to Aden Hashi Farah "Eyrow".
- Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism, (ARPCT) a Somali alliance created by various warlords and businesspeople
- The Democratic Union Party (DUP), has supporters in the area of Negele Boran in the Borena Zone, with the majority of the Hawiye/Degodia clan heading the party
Notes
- ^ Central Intelligence Agency (2002). "Ethnic Groups". Somalia Summary Map. Retrieved February 15.
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- ^ "'Truce' after Somali gun battle". BBC News. 2007-03-23. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
- ^ Herbert S. Lewis, "The Origins of the Galla and Somali", in The Journal of African History. Cambridge University Press, 1966, pp 27–30.
- ^ http://d.scribd.com/docs/1dhojk1ztwnoegtd23da.pdf
- ^ "Somali clan 'at war' with Ethiopia"
- ^ I.M. LEWIS "People of the horn of Africa Somali, Afar and Saho", Haan Associates, pp 28-31–.
- ^ World Bank (2005). "Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics" (PDF). Appendix 2: Lineage Charts. pp. 56–57. Retrieved June 15.
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