Ayr (clan)

Ayr

Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Sacad saleebaan clan Saruur Duduble and other Hawiye groups

Ayr (Somali: Cayr or Somali: Ceyr), Muhammad Madarkicis Hiraab is a Somali clan, part of the larger Habargidir Hawiye clan. being the largest sub-clan of the larger Habar gidir, the Ayr sub-clan lives in many part of Somalia and even in Ethiopia.

They predominantly live in the central regions of mudug, Galgaduud, and Hiran in Somalia.

They are also found in significant numbers in the southern and northern portions of Somalia especially in the following regions: Banadir, Lower Shabelle, Middle Juba and Sool.

In Ethiopia, the sub-clan lives in the Shilabo District in Qorahey, the Ferfeer and the Mustahil Districts in Shabelle.

Clan tree

Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hawiye clan genealogical tree in The Invention of Somalia:

• Samaale
  • Irir
    • Hawiye
      • Gugundhabe
        • Baadicade
      • Gorgate
        • Hiraab
          • Mudulood
            • Abgaal
              • Harti
                • Angonyar
                • Warsangeli
                • Abokor
              • Wabudhan
                • Da'oud
                • Rer Mattan
                • Mohamed Muse
              • Wa'esli
            • Wacdaan
            • Moobleen
            • Ujajeen
          • Duduble
          • Habar Gidir
            • Sacad
            • Saleebaan
            • Ayr
            • Saruur
            • Sifaadle

Prominent figures

• Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, president of Somalia from 2000 to 2004
• Hasan Adan Samatar, Somali singer, guitarist and theatrical performer
• Magool, Somali singer
• Yusuf Garaad Omar, Somali journalist, diplomat and politician, Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Aden Hashi Farah, former leader of al-Shabaab, the youth movement of the Islamic Courts Union
• Hassan Dahir Aweys, head of the 90-member Shura council of the Islamic Courts Union, Leader Hizbul Islam
• Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade, head of security affairs for the Islamic Courts Union, Somali defence minister (TFG).
• Mahad Mohamed Salad, State Minister for Presidential Palace