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Issa (clan)
| Issa بنو عيسي | |
|---|---|
| Dir Somali Clan | |
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| Ethnicity |  Somali |
| Location |  Djibouti Ethiopia Somaliland |
| Descended from | Issa |
| Parent tribe | Dir |
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| Language | Somali Arabic French |
| Religion | Sunni, Islam |
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The Issa (also spelled Esa, or Aysa) (Somali: Ciise, Arabic: عيسى) is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.[1][2][3]
- ^ King, Preston (1987). An African Winter. Puffin. ISBN 978-0-14-052365-2., p.169.
- ^ "Refworld | 1) Persecution of the Issa tribe in Ethiopia; 2) Persecution of ethnic Somalis by the Ethiopian population in northern Ethiopia". Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). Peoples of the Horn of Africa (Somali, Afar and Saho): North Eastern Africa Part I. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-30817-3.
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