Dobira
| Dobira Dagale Aji دُومبِرَ بِنت دَغَالَ | |
|---|---|
| Mother of all Darod clans | |
 Burial place of Dobira near Haylaan. | |
| Religion | Islam |
Dobira (Arabic: دُومبِرَ بِنت دَغَالَ), also known as Dobira Dir or Dombira, was a Somali historical figure.
Biography
Dobira was the daughter of Dagale (Dikalla), the Dir clan chief.[1] According to an official military survey conducted during the colonial period, Dir members are by tradition believed to be descended from a forefather named Dir. Dir is held to be the great grand-son of Ram Nag, an Arab migrant who landed in Zeila on the northwestern Somali coast.[2]
During the 10th or 11th century CE,[3] Dobira married Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti (Darod), a son of the Sufi Sheikh Isma'il al-Jabarti of the Qadiriyyah order, who had settled in northern Somalia just across the Red Sea. The union is said to have given rise to the Darod clan family.[1]
Dobira is buried just outside the ancient northern town of Haylaan, where Sheikh Darod's tomb is located.
Notes
- ^ a b Somaliland Society (1954). The Somaliland Journal, Volume 1, Issues 1-3. The Society. p. 85.
- ^ Hunt, John Anthony (1951). A general survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950: final report on 'An economic survey and reconnaissance of the British Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950,' Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme, Part 484. To be purchased from the Chief Secretary. p. 151. OCLC 3011788.
Dir, the father-in-law of Darod, is said to be the uncle of Esa Madoba and brother of Hawiya Irrir, who founded the Esa tribe of Zeila and the Hawiya of Somalia respectively. Ram Nag, the great-grandfather of Dir, and Samarone the patriarch of the Gadabursi, are of unknown origin, but probably Arabians who landed at Zeila.
- ^ I.M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali, fourth edition (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), p. 22