Dhulbahante

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The Dhulbahante ("Siciid Harti") is a Somali clan, and a part of the Harti confederation of Darod clans. Dhulbahante members primarily inhabit the northern regions of Sool, Nugaal, Sanaag, Ayn (a new province separated from Togdheer), Haud, and port city of Kismayo and the Jubbada Hoose region of southern Somalia and can be found in some parts in hargeysa.

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Tradition

There are 15 current active Garaads and Ugaas (Clan Chiefs). All clan chiefs strongly oppose the existence of Somaliland; see the Boocame Declaration by Dulbahante Traditional clan chiefs for reference, though members of the public change allegiance to Somaliland, Puntland or Greater Somalia and there might be members of Dhulbahante aligned with Somaliland as well as Puntland and Greater Somalia[1]

Traditionally, Dulbahante clan is known as fierce nationalist warriors, who fought against Ethiopian expansion to their territories and rejected to sign protectorate treaty (common British tool to subjugate colonized Africans) to surrender to the British Colonial Rule.[citation needed] Under the leadership of Sayid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, they waged war against the British and Ethiopia for over twenty years, which ended with British Royal Air Force bombing their command center in Taleex, in 1920.[2] The Dulbahante clan lost nearly half of its population in this struggle and as result, they naturally support Greater Somalia [3]

Some sub-clans

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures. For a comparison of different views on the clan-lineage-structures see the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics.

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Notable Dhulbahante people

References

  1. ^ Somalia: The Bo'ame Declaration of Dhulbahante Clan Elders
  2. ^ "Dawn of Civilization". Civicwebs.com. http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/somalia/1994/dawn_of_civilization/chapter_10.htm. 
  3. ^ Imhotep: The Collective African Blog: Somalia: When a Nation Chases a State