Udejeen

Udejeen
اجيجين
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Abgaal, Habargidir, Murusade and other Hawiye clans

Udejeen (Somali: Ujeejeen, Arabic: اجيجين) is a sub-clan of the Hawiye and a larger Samaale clan.[1] It is one of the major Somali clans and has produced many prominent historical Somali figures including the first president of Somalia and various mayors in Somalia.[2][3]

  1. ^ https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/989091/dl
  2. ^ "UNHCR Web Archive".
  3. ^ Ahmed, Ali Jimale (26 March 1995). The Invention of Somalia. The Red Sea Press. ISBN 978-0-932415-99-8.