Harti

From MedBib.com - Medicine & Nature

This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. (February 2007)

Main article: Somali clan

Harti (also Haarti, meaning "strong man") (Somali: Xaarti, Arabic: هارتي‎) is a name used to denote, on the one hand, a conglomeration of various Darod sub-clans of the Somali people, and on the other, sub-divisions of the Abgaal (Hawiye) clans.

Abgaals tend to be concentrated in the Shabeellaha Dhexe region, the Shabeellaha Hoose region and in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.

Notable members of Darod Harti

• Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia
• Mohamud Muse Hersi, President of Puntland

Notable members of Abgaal Harti

• Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, member of the Islamic Courts Union
• Ali Mahdi Muhammad, President of Somalia, January - November 1991
• Ali Mohammed Ghedi, Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government

Darod Harti summary

• Darod
  • Harti
    • Cabdi Koombe
    • Dhulbahante
    • Kaskiqabbe
    • LiibanGashe
    • Majeerteen
    • Moorcase
    • Warsangali
    • Dashiishe

Abgaal Harti summary

• Hawiye
  • Abgaal
    • Harti
    • Abokor
    • Agonyar
    • Cabdulle Caruun
    • Ciise Harti
    • Warsangeli

This Somalia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about an ethnic group in Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.