Asharaf
{{Infobox ethnic group | group = Ashraf , Ashraaf or Asharaf Arabic orgin | native_name = | langs = [[Somali language|Asharaf]different somali dialect ] and Arabic | rels = Islam }}The Asharaf or Ashraf or Asheraf is a [[Somali clan of arabic orgin .[1] The Asharaf who are a religious clan in Somalia, claim to be descendants of the daughter of the prophet Muhammed.[2][3]
Clan Four
The Asharaf clan four according to Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.[2]
The Asharaf clan structure is based on Fatima's 2 sons:
- Asharaf
- Hussein (Bin Hussein)
- Reer Shariif Magbuul or(Reer Shariif Magbuull)
- Sharif Ahmed
- Sharif Balawi
- Hassan (Bin Hassan)
- Mohamed Sharif (or Mohammed Sharif)
- Sharif Ali
- Sharif Ahmed
- Ashraf Sarman
- Hussein (Bin Hussein)
Notable figures
- Sharif Hassan[4]
- Shaykh Sharif Nadir
- Shaykh Sharif Shinyallow
- Dada Masiti, Mana Sitti Habib Jamaladdin (Arabic: مانا ستي حبيب جمال الدين) (c. 1810s – 15 July 1919), commonly known as Dada Masiti ("Grandmother Masiti"), was an Ashrafpoet, mystic and Islamic scholar. She composed her poetry in the Bravanese dialect spoken in Barawa[5]
- Sharif 'Aydarus, a famous scholar of Islamic and Somali history and pan-Islamic leader[6]
- Sharif Mubidi
- Sharif Qulateyn
- Shariif Imaankeey, Mayor of Mogadishu from September 1963 – 1965
- Shariif Caydaruus, Mayor of Mogadishu from 1966–1970
References
- ^ https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2013/06/11/asharaf%20clan.pdf With Arabic origin Page 1 Country Advice Somalia Somalia – SOM36945 – Asharaf clan – Feerfeer - Burukuur - Mandera Kenya - Ceelasha Biyaha – – Amputation – Recruitment – Ethiopian Invasion – Musa Zude Yalahow – Yaqshid 9 July 2010
- ^ a b https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2013/12/13/SOM103613.E.pdf RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs) New Search | About RIRs | Help SOM103613.E Somalia: Information on the Ashraf clan, including the location of their traditional homeland, affiliated clans 23 November 2010
- ^ http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4b29f5e82.pdf Clans in Somalia Report on a Lecture by Joakim Gundel, COI Workshop Vienna, 15 May 2009 (Revised Edition) published December 2009
- ^ June 2012 The Galgale In Somalia: Third-class citizens in their homeland Photo ©GraphicMaps.com Copyright © 2012 Africa Witness All rights reserved. Sharif Hassan from the Asharaf clan, page 12 Sharif Salah http://allafrica.com/download/resource/main/main/idatcs/00040315:40b8440c1c8a08b8c79febe8120327f9.pdf
- ^ Declich, Francesca. Sources on Islam Composed in the Vernacular: Somali Women's Religious Poetry". Islam in East Africa: New Sources. Rome: Herder. pp. 297–330.
- ^ Ahmed, Ali Jimale. The Invention of Somalia.