| Languages | |
|---|---|
| Somali | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sacad, Saruur, Duduble and other Hawiye groups |
Ayr (Somali: Cayr or Ceyr), Muhammad Madarkicis Hiraab is a Somali clan, part of the larger Habar Gidir Hawiye clan.
Clan tree
Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hawiye clan genealogical tree in The Invention of Somalia:[1]
- Samaale
- Irir
- Hawiye
- Gugundhabe
- Baadicade
- Gorgate
- Hiraab
- Mudulood
- Abgaal
- Harti
- Angonyar
- Warsangeli
- Abokor
- Wabudhan
- Da'oud
- Rer Mattan
- Mohamed Muse
- Wa'esli
- Harti
- Wacdaan
- Moobleen
- Ujajeen
- Abgaal
- Duduble
- Habar Gidir
- Sacad
- Saleebaan
- Ayr
- Saruur
- Sifaadle
- Mudulood
- Hiraab
- Gugundhabe
- Hawiye
- Irir
Prominent figures
- Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, president of Somalia from 2000 to 2004
- Hasan Adan Samatar, Somali singer, guitarist and theatrical performer
- Magool, Somali singer
- Yusuf Garaad Omar, Somali journalist, diplomat and politician, Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Aden Hashi Farah, former leader of al-Shabaab, the youth movement of the Islamic Courts Union
- Hassan Dahir Aweys, head of the 90-member Shura council of the Islamic Courts Union, Leader Hizbul Islam
- Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade, head of security affairs for the Islamic Courts Union, Somali defence minister (TFG).
- Mahad Mohamed Salad, State Minister for Presidential Palace
References
- ^ Ali Jimale Ahmed (1995). The Invention of Somalia. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea. p. 123. ISBN 0-932415-98-9.