| Habar Awal زبير اول | |
|---|---|
| Isaaq Clan | |
 Habr Awal Sultan Abdulrahman Deria in London 1955 to petition for the Haud Reserved Area | |
| Ethnicity |  Somali |
| Location |  Djibouti Somaliland Yemen Ethiopia Oman Saudi Arabia |
| Descended from | Zubeyr Ibn Abdulrahman Ibn ash-Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad |
| Parent tribe | Isaaq |
| Branches | Isamusa:
Sa'ad Musa:
|
| Language | Somali Arabic |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
The Awal, also contemporarily known as the Habr Awal, Subeer Awal , and alternately known as the Zubeyr Awal (Somali: Habar Awal, Arabic: هبر أول, Full Name: Zubeyr ibn Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad)[1] is one of the largest subclans of the wider Isaaq clan family, and is further divided into eight sub-clans of whom the two largest and most prominent are the Isamusa and Sa'ad Musa sub-clans. Its members form a part of the Habar Magadle confederation.
The Habr Awal traditionally consists of nomadic pastoralists, coastal people, merchants and farmers. They are historically viewed as an affluent clan in the horn Africa that played a huge part for Somaliland's independence.[2] The Habar Awal are politically and economically influential in present-day Somaliland as well as the Horn of Africa at large, and they reside in strategic coastal and fertile lands.[3][4]
- ^ Central Intelligence Agency (2002). "Ethnic Groups". Somalia Summary Map. Perry–Castañeda Library. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ Castagno, Margaret (1975). Historical dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810808300.
- ^ "One clan domination is complete in Somaliland". Archived from the original on 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ Renders, Marleen (2012-01-20). Consider Somaliland: State-Building with Traditional Leaders and Institutions. BRILL. ISBN 9789004222540.