Habar Yoonis

Habar yunis
هبر يونس
Isaaq Somali Clan
EthnicitySomaliaSomali
LocationSomaliaSomalia
Somaliland
EthiopiaEthiopia
DjiboutiDjibouti
Descended fromSheikh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad
Parent tribeIsaaq
Branches
  • Ali Said
  • Arreh Said
LanguageSomaliaSomali
Arab LeagueArabic
ReligionSunni, Islam

The Habar Yoonis (Arabic: هبر يونس, full Nasab: Said ibn Al-Qādhī Ismā'īl ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad[1]) alternatively spelled as Habr Yunis is a major clan part of the wider Isaaq clan. As descendants of Ismail bin Sheikh Isaaq, its members form a part of the wider Habar Magaadle confederation which constitutes the largest sub-clan of the Isaaq.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Gori, Alessandro (2003). Studi sulla letteratura agiografica islamica somala in lingua araba. Quaderni di semitistica. Firenze: Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di linguistica. ISBN 978-88-901340-0-5.
  2. ^ Lewis, I. M. (1999). I.M Lewis, A pastoral democracy, p. 10. James Currey Publishers. 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).