Sacad Muuse سعد موسى | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Somali, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Isamusa, Awal,Ayub, Arap, Habr Garhajis, Habr Je'lo and other Isaaq groups |
The Sa'ad Musa or Saad Musa (Somali: Sacad Muuse, Arabic: سعد موسى, Full Name: Saad ibn Musa ibn Zubayr ibn Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad) is a northern Somali clan. Its members form a part of the Subeer Awal sub-clan of the Isaaq clan family.[1][2][3] The Sa'ad Musa traditionally consists of nomadic pastoralists, coastal people, merchants and farmers. The clan inhabits Somaliland, including Maroodi Jeex,Awdal and Sahil as well as Djibouti, the Somali Region of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
- ^ Ethnographic Survey of Africa. International African Institute. 1969.
- ^ Renders, Marleen (2012-01-20). Consider Somaliland: State-Building with Traditional Leaders and Institutions. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-21848-2.
- ^ A Ggrammar of the Somali Language with Examples in Prose and Verse. CUP Archive.