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Dhulbahante

Dhulbahante
الدلبهانتة
Darod Somali clan
Abdikarim, son of the Dhulbahante Garad Diiriye Guure. c.1945.
EthnicitySomaliaSomali
LocationSomaliaSomalia
EthiopiaEthiopia
YemenYemen
OmanOman
Descended fromAbdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti
Parent tribeHarti
BranchesMohamoud Garad:
  • Wa'eys Mohamoud
  • Siad Mohamoud

Farah Garad:

  • Yasin Garad Farah
  • Abdullahi Garad Farah
LanguageSomaliaSomali
Arab LeagueArabic
ReligionSunni Islam

The Dhulbahante, (Somali: Dhulbahante, Arabic: الدلبهانتة) are a Somali sub-clan, part of the Harti branch of the larger Darod clan.[1][2][3] They primary reside in and around their traditional territories of Nugaal, as well as Doollo.[4][5] The clan's progenitor is buried at Badweyn.[6]

The current supreme Garad of the Dhulbahante is Garad Jama Garad Ali.[7][8]

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  2. ^ Lewis, Ioan M (1999). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. James Currey Publishers. p. 12. ISBN 9780852552803. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ^ Lewis, Ioan M (July 1959). "Clanship and Contract in Northern Somaliland". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 29 (3): 274–293. doi:10.2307/1157617. JSTOR 1157617. S2CID 143243256. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference samatar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ War Office, British (1907). "Volume Two". Official history of the operations in Somaliland, 1901-04 (Volume 2 ed.). Harrison and Sons. pp. 402–412. I had no hesitation in making his work the basis of the new map, Nogal No. 3, and the work previously compiled in No. 2 was fitted on to it." ... "They went to Gumburu (see Nogal sketch)" ...
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference johnhunt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Garaad Jaamac oo gooddiyay". BBC Somali. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  8. ^ Hoehne, Markus V. (2015). Between Somaliland and Puntland: Marginalization, Militarization and Conflicting Political Vision. Rift Valley Institute. p. 83. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

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