Abgaal (Somali: Abgaal, Arabic: أبغال) is a subclan of the Hawiye and the even larger Samaale clan. It is one of the major Somali clans and has produced many prominent historical Somali figures including 3 presidents, and the father of the Somali military. [1][2]
Italian scholar of Somali and Ethiopian studies Enrico Cerulli studies discusses the origin story of the name Abgaal in his book How a Hawiye tribe used to live.[3]
The mother of Hirabä was Faduma Karanlä. The mother of Abgal was Faduma Sargellä, who was an Aguran. She was espoused by 'Isman Darandollä. By him she had a son, who was called by the name 'Ali 'Isman. Later one went to Sargellä Garën. A learned old man went to him. He said: 'O noble Sargellä, I saw in the books that the children of the boy born to your daughter Faduma will chase your children from the earth. I saw it in the books.' 'Did you see these things?’ 'Yes, I saw them,’ he answered. 'So be it!’ the noble Sargellä replied; and into his heart came the thought: 'Rather than that your children, whom you have begotten, be killed, the son of your daughter might rather die!’ This came into his heart. After this he prepared two different amulets, one good and one bad. The bad one would kill the one who drank it. The good one would protect from any evil of this world. Then he went to his daughter. 'My Faduma, I am bringing you these two amulets: this one here – and it was the good one – you drink; and the other one – and it was the bad one – give to your son 'Ali 'Isman!’ The girl took the two amulets; but when it came to drinking them, she made a mistake! Faduma Sargellä drank the bad one and died immediately. 'Ali 'Ismän drank the good one and survived. Sargellä went back to the hut and saw his daughter dead. And the boy, when he heard his grandfather arrive, ran to the side of a saddle camel and hid behind it. 'Oh 'Ali, oh 'Ali! Come! I am your grandfather!’ Sargellä cried out, looking for the boy. 'You are not my grandfather ( abkäy ), my grandfather is the camels.' The camels ( gel ) in the language of one time were called gal. So afterwards he ('Ali 'Isman) had the name of Ab-gal ('Camel-grandfather').” The tradition substantially recalls the ancient fights between the Abgal, nomadic pastoralists who from places farther north tried to open a way to the river, and the Aguran, who dominated the region of the Middle Webi. This historical content, of course, has been adapted in popular dress with the theme, so widespread in the folklore of quite different peoples, of the prediction of the unborn child destined to drive the reigning prince from the throne. 'In this tradition Abgal has, besides his Somali name, which is explained, also a Mussulman name, 'Ali 'Isman. It does not seem necessary to me to suppose that the name 'Ali replaced the Somali one of Abgal in the genealogies in order to make them more Islamized, as one might say. The custom of several names for one single person, among which names, for the Mussulmans, are found an Arab one and one (or more) in the local language, is common in East Africa, even now.
The Abgaal are part of the Mudulood and the even larger Hiraab clan.[4] The Hiraab consists of the Mudulood, Habar Gidir, Sheekhaal and Duduble.[4] Besides the Abgaal, Mudulood includes Wacdaan, Moobleen, Hiilibi and Udeejeen. The Imam of both the Mudulood and Hiraab traditionally hails from the Abgaal. Currently Imam Mohamed Yusuf is the Imam of the Mudulood and also carries the dual position as Imam of the Hiraab.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
The Abgaal have historically played an important role in Somali affairs. They are the Somali sub-clan that has produced the most Somali Presidents. These three politicians are Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud.[1][2] These officials constitute three of the four living former Presidents of Somalia. Additionally they are the first and only Somali sub-clan to have had consecutive presidencies in the terms of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamed. The father of the Somali military Daud Abdulle Hirsi was also Abgaal. Moreover, the clan has prominent members within the Somali business and media communities. For instance Abdirahman Yabarow, the editor-in-chief of VOA Somali hails from this clan.[12]
Poetry
The Abgaal have their own form of Somali poetry. The guurow and shirib are unique poetical genres that are performed by the Abgaal and sometimes neighboring clans. Their poetry has distinctive dialect characteristics. For instance "iyo" with a long 'o' is a feature within their poetry. The most popular of Abgaal poetry is the shirib. The shirib are short songs that usually accompany dancing. They are sung during various gatherings such as family meetings, clan meetings, and celebrations.[13]
Clan tree
Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hawiye clan genealogical tree in The Invention of Somalia:[14]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Abgaal news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Main article Somali clan Abgaal Somali Abgaal Arabic أبغال is a subclan of the Hawiye and the even larger Samaale clan It is one of the major Somali clans and has produced many prominent historical Somali figures including 3 presidents and the father of the Somali military 1 2 AbgaalأبغالLanguagesSomali and ArabicReligionIslamRelated ethnic groupsHabar Gidir Murursade Mudulood and other Samaale clans Contents 1 Etymology 2 Overview 3 Role and influence in Somalia 4 Poetry 5 Clan tree 6 Prominent Abgaal members 6 1 Politics 6 2 Others 7 ReferencesEtymologyItalian scholar of Somali and Ethiopian studies Enrico Cerulli studies discusses the origin story of the name Abgaal in his book How a Hawiye tribe used to live 3 The mother of Hiraba was Faduma Karanla The mother of Abgal was Faduma Sargella who was an Aguran She was espoused by Isman Darandolla By him she had a son who was called by the name Ali Isman Later one went to Sargella Garen A learned old man went to him He said O noble Sargella I saw in the books that the children of the boy born to your daughter Faduma will chase your children from the earth I saw it in the books Did you see these things Yes I saw them he answered So be it the noble Sargella replied and into his heart came the thought Rather than that your children whom you have begotten be killed the son of your daughter might rather die This came into his heart After this he prepared two different amulets one good and one bad The bad one would kill the one who drank it The good one would protect from any evil of this world Then he went to his daughter My Faduma I am bringing you these two amulets this one here and it was the good one you drink and the other one and it was the bad one give to your son Ali Isman The girl took the two amulets but when it came to drinking them she made a mistake Faduma Sargella drank the bad one and died immediately Ali Isman drank the good one and survived Sargella went back to the hut and saw his daughter dead And the boy when he heard his grandfather arrive ran to the side of a saddle camel and hid behind it Oh Ali oh Ali Come I am your grandfather Sargella cried out looking for the boy You are not my grandfather abkay my grandfather is the camels The camels gel in the language of one time were called gal So afterwards he Ali Isman had the name of Ab gal Camel grandfather The tradition substantially recalls the ancient fights between the Abgal nomadic pastoralists who from places farther north tried to open a way to the river and the Aguran who dominated the region of the Middle Webi This historical content of course has been adapted in popular dress with the theme so widespread in the folklore of quite different peoples of the prediction of the unborn child destined to drive the reigning prince from the throne In this tradition Abgal has besides his Somali name which is explained also a Mussulman name Ali Isman It does not seem necessary to me to suppose that the name Ali replaced the Somali one of Abgal in the genealogies in order to make them more Islamized as one might say The custom of several names for one single person among which names for the Mussulmans are found an Arab one and one or more in the local language is common in East Africa even now Enrico Cerulli How a Hawiye Tribe use to LiveOverview Current president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh MohamoudThe Abgaal are part of the Mudulood and the even larger Hiraab clan 4 The Hiraab consists of the Mudulood Habar Gidir Sheekhaal and Duduble 4 Besides the Abgaal Mudulood includes Wacdaan Moobleen Hiilibi and Udeejeen The Imam of both the Mudulood and Hiraab traditionally hails from the Abgaal Currently Imam Mohamed Yusuf is the Imam of the Mudulood and also carries the dual position as Imam of the Hiraab 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Role and influence in Somalia Father of the Somali military Daud Abdulle Hirsi The Abgaal have historically played an important role in Somali affairs They are the Somali sub clan that has produced the most Somali Presidents These three politicians are Ali Mahdi Muhammad Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud 1 2 These officials constitute three of the four living former Presidents of Somalia Additionally they are the first and only Somali sub clan to have had consecutive presidencies in the terms of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamed The father of the Somali military Daud Abdulle Hirsi was also Abgaal Moreover the clan has prominent members within the Somali business and media communities For instance Abdirahman Yabarow the editor in chief of VOA Somali hails from this clan 12 PoetryThe Abgaal have their own form of Somali poetry The guurow and shirib are unique poetical genres that are performed by the Abgaal and sometimes neighboring clans Their poetry has distinctive dialect characteristics For instance iyo with a long o is a feature within their poetry The most popular of Abgaal poetry is the shirib The shirib are short songs that usually accompany dancing They are sung during various gatherings such as family meetings clan meetings and celebrations 13 Clan treeAli Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hawiye clan genealogical tree in The Invention of Somalia 14 Samaale Irir Hawiye Gorgate Hiraab Mudulood Abgaal Harti Agoonyar Warsangeli Owbakar Ciise Harti Wabudhan Da oud Kabaale Galmaax Celi Cumar Reer Mataan Mohamed Muse Xuseen Yonis Waceysle Abdirahman Saleebaan Absuge Qombor Ali Gaaf Macalin Dhiblaawe Dhagaweyne Cumar Haruun WaceysleProminent Abgaal membersPolitics Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Former President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Current President of Somalia Omar Finnish former Mayor of Mogadishu and Governor of Banaadir Nur Hassan Husein Former Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government Ali Ghedi Former Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government Ali Mahdi Muhammad President of Somalia from 1991 1997 Hussein Kulmiye Afrah vice president of Somalia under the Siad Barre Regime Abdirahman Omar Osman was the Governor of Banaadir and Mayor of Mogadishu Ahmed Maxamed Xasan Lieutenant Colonel in the Somali Airforce who defused the MiG 17 jet fighter bombs 15 Salaad Gabeyre Kediye Major General in the Somali Military and chairman of the Somali Revolution Ismail Jim ale Osoble Somali lawyer and Minister of Information in the government of Aden Abdulle Osman General Daud Abdulle Hirsi First Commander In Chief of the Somali National Army Forces Salad Ali Jelle Deputy Minister of Defense of the Transitional Federal Government Adde Gabow Mohamed Ali Hassan Politician Governor and Mayor of Mogadishu Mohamed Ameriko Somali Ambassador to Kenya 16 Abdulahi Afrah Minister of Commerce 17 18 Ali Dhere Cleric and the Head of the first Islamic Court in northern Mogadishu 19 Others Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare Orthographer and the Inventor of the Kaddariya Script 20 21 Farah Weheliye Addow Sindiko Former Vice President of the Confederation of African Football 22 23 Abdi Mohamed Ulusso PhD Holder Intellectual and 2004 Somali Presidential Candidate 24 Hilowle Omar Chairman of the Somali Reconciliation and Reconstruction Council SRRC 24 25 26 Ayub Daud Professional Footballerdate 7 Omar Mohamed Professional Footballer Abdirahman Yabarow Editor in Chief of the VOA Somali ServiceReferences a b Metz Helen Chapin ed 1993 Somalia a country study The Division p 155 ISBN 978 0844407753 Retrieved 10 June 2014 a b Somalia Federal Parliament elects Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as President Garowe Online 10 September 2012 Retrieved 10 September 2012 dead link Enrico Cerulli How a Hawiye Tribe Used to Live chapter published in Somalia scritti vari editi ed inediti Vol 2 edited by Enrico Cerulli Roma 1959 a b c Archived copy Archived from the original on 24 February 2007 Retrieved 31 March 2009 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Lewis I M 1 January 1998 Peoples of the Horn of Africa Somali Afar and Saho Red Sea Press p 25 ISBN 9781569021057 Lewis I M 1 January 1998 Peoples of the Horn of Africa Somali Afar and Saho Red Sea Press ISBN 9781569021057 At the end of the book Tribal Distribution of Somali Afar and Saho Verdier Isabelle 31 May 1997 Ethiopia the top 100 people Indigo Publications p 13 ISBN 9782905760128 Archived from the original on 16 September 2021 Retrieved 9 August 2018 Hayward R J Lewis I M 17 August 2005 Voice and Power Routledge p 242 ISBN 9781135751753 Archived from the original on 6 January 2017 Retrieved 9 August 2018 The Quranyo section of the Garre claim descent from Dirr who are born of the Irrir Samal UNDP Paper in Keyna http www undp org content dam kenya docs Amani 20Papers AP Volume1 n2 May2010 pdf Archived 17 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine Adam Hussein Mohamed Ford Richard 1 January 1997 Mending rips in the sky options for Somali communities in the 21st century Red Sea Press p 127 ISBN 9781569020739 Archived from the original on 5 September 2015 Retrieved 9 August 2018 Ahmed Ali Jimale 1 January 1995 The Invention of Somalia The Red Sea Press p 121 ISBN 9780932415998 Archived from the original on 28 August 2016 Retrieved 10 October 2016 Cabdiraxmaan Yabarow oo ugu hanjabay inuu Shaqada VOAda ka ceerini doono Cabdullahi Kolombo IjaraNews 21 December 2013 Archived from the original on 11 August 2014 Retrieved 7 August 2014 Giorgio Banti and Francesco Giannattasio 1996 Music and Metre in Somali Poetry African Languages and Cultures Supplement 3 83 127 JSTOR 586655 Ali Jimale Ahmed 1995 The Invention of Somalia Lawrenceville NJ Red Sea p 123 ISBN 0 932415 98 9 Archived from the original on 16 September 2021 Retrieved 8 November 2020 Issue 335 Archived from the original on 1 July 2008 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