Eidagale

Eidgale
عيدَ جلي
Isaaq Somali Clan
EthnicitySomaliaSomali
LocationSomaliaSomalia
Somaliland
EthiopiaEthiopia
Descended fromDaoud ibn Al-Qādhī Ismā'īl ibn Sheikh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad
Parent tribeGarhajis (Isma'il)
Branches
  • Mohamed Daoud
  • Muse Daoud
  • Abokor Daoud
LanguageSomaliaSomali
Arab LeagueArabic
ReligionSunni, Islam

The Eidagalle (Somali: Ciidagalle, Arabic: عيدَجلي, Full Name: Daoud ibn Ismā'īl ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ), is a major Somali clan of the Isaaq clan family. Members of this clan are concentrated in Somaliland and the Somali region. They are the traditional holders of the Isaaq Sultanate since the 18th century.[1] As descendants of Ismail bin Sheikh Isaaq, its members form a part of the Habar Magaadle confederation, and they constitute the largest sub-clan of the Isaaq.[2][3][4][5] They traditionally consist of nomadic pastoralists, merchants and skilled poets.

  1. ^ Horn of Africa. Horn of Africa Journal. 1997.
  2. ^ Lewis, I. M. (1999). I.M Lewis, A pastoral democracy, p. 10. ISBN 9780852552803.
  3. ^ A General survey of the Somaliland protectorate 1944-1950, p.122, table 18
  4. ^ "Africa, Volumes 29-30, Oxford University Press, 1959, p.276". 1959.
  5. ^ "Welcome Home to Nothing: Refugees Repatriate to a Forgotten Somaliland, p.17" (PDF).