| Garre بنو كاف | |
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| Ethnicity | Somali |
| Nisba | Garrow |
| Location | Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya |
| Descended from | Gardheere |
| Parent tribe | Samaale |
| Branches | |
| Language | Somali, Garre |
| Religion | Islam |
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The Garre (also Gurreh, Karre, or Binukaaf, Somali: Reer Garre, Arabic: بنو كاف, romanized: Banī kāf) are a prominent Somali clan that traces its lineage back to Samaale, who is believed to have originated from the Arabian Peninsula through Aqiil Abu Talib.[1][2] The Garre clan is considered to be a sub-clan of the Digil-Rahanweyn[3] clan family, which is part of the larger Rahanweyn clan. However, genealogically, they are descended from Gardheere Samaale.[4] The Garre are also categorized as southern Hawiye as well.[5][6]
Garre are also classified into three major entities of the same lineage but greatly recognized for their unique linguistics characteristics which are widely believed to have developed after their wide dispersal around the Horn of Africa, Garre Libin are speakers of Oromo whom it is believed they had a long time interaction and intermixing as nomads in southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya. Garre Marre are found around the major Ganale Doria and Dawa basins in Southern Ethiopia and are identified by their unique dialect derived from the Rahanweyn (Digil and Mirifle) communities whom they interacted and settled with in permanent agrarian settlements along Ganale Doria and River Jubba.The third component of Garre which is believed to be the bearers of the original Garre language are identified as Garre Konfuur due to their dominant settlement in South Central Somalia.
The Garre Somalis colonised the Barava-Bajun region, the NFD of Kenya, and Bale province in Ethiopia before the Boorana and Warday Oromo.[7] Garre also founded cities like Barawe,[8][9] and Kismaayo
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- ^ Ahmed, Ali Jimale. (1995). The invention of Somalia. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Press. p. 122. ISBN 0-932415-98-9. OCLC 31376757.
- ^ "World Bank: Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics" (PDF). World Bank: 56. January 2005.
- ^ Marchal, Roland (1997). Studies on Governance. United Nations Development Office for Somalia.
- ^ Verdier, Isabelle (1997). Ethiopia: The Top 100 People. Indigo Publications. ISBN 978-2-905760-12-8.
- ^ Cassanelli, Lee V. (2016-11-11). The Shaping of Somali Society: Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-1-5128-0666-3.
- ^ Ali, Ibrahim (1993). Origin and history of the Somali people. Eget forlag. ISBN 0-9518924-5-2. OCLC 769997578.
- ^ Reese, Scott (2008-06-30). Renewers of the Age: Holy Men and Social Discourse in Colonial Benaadir. BRILL. p. 41. ISBN 978-90-474-4186-1.
- ^ "According to 'Aydarūs' narrative, Barawe was founded around the year 900 C.E. by an individual from the pastoral Garreh clan known as Aw 'Alī" .. Aydarus from Bughyat al-Āmāl