Habr Awal
   
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| Somali and Arabic | |
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| Ayub, Habar Yoonis, Eidagale, Habar Jeclo, Arab and other Isaaq groups. |
The Habr Awal (Somali: Habar Awal, Arabic: هبر أول, Zubair Abdirahman (Awal) Shiekh Isaaq ibn Ahmad al-Hashimi; also spelled Zubeyr Awal, or Subeer Awal) is a subclan of the Somali Isaaq clan, Its members form a part of the Habar Magaadle confederation of Isaaq sub-clans and primarily inhabit western and central-eastern Somaliland, as well as the Somali Region of Ethiopia, and Djibouti, some also live in Kenya as part of the Isahakia community. The subclans of the Habar Awal dominate the commercially strategic regions of Berbera, Wajaale, and the national capital of Somaliland, Hargeisa. As of the late 1980s[update], the Sacad Muuse, Habar Awal and Jibriil Abokor sub-clans of the Isaaq were also the main inhabitants of the town of Gabiley.
In the Isaaq clan-family, component clans are divided into two uterine divisions, as shown in the genealogy. The first division is between those lineages descended from sons of Sheikh Isaaq by an Ethiopian woman – the Habar Habuusheed – and those descended from sons of Sheikh Isaaq by a woman of the Magaadle clan – the Habar Magaadle. Indeed most of the largest clans of the clan-family are in fact uterine alliances. This is illustrated in the following structure.
A summarized clan family tree of Habar Awal subclans is presented below [1]
Sheikh Isaaq Bin Ahmed Al Hashimi
1. Habar Magaadle
The clan has produced some prominent Somali figures, who are listed below.
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