Main article: Somali clan

The tomb of Sheikh Isaq, the father of the Isaq tribe

The Isaaq (also Isaq, Ishaak) (Somali language: Reer Sheik Isaxaaq); is one of the main Somali clans. Somali ( Af Soomaali, الصوماليه is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by ethnic Somalis For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Somali ( Af Soomaali, الصوماليه is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by ethnic Somalis The Isaaq mainly live in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia, the Somali Region of Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Somali ( Gobolka Soomaalida) is the eastern-most of the nine ethnic divisions ( kililoch) of Ethiopia. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Djibouti ( جيبوتي Jībūtī, Somali: Jabuuti) officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the The populations of the four major cities of the Somaliland region (Hargeisa, Burco, Berbera, and Ceerigaabo) are predominantly Isaaq. History Prehistoric inhabitants The city is home to Neolithic Cave paintings recently discovered named Laas Geel. Burao (Burco is the capital city of the Togdheer province of Somalia. History The city was first described in the eighth chapter of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea written by a Greek merchant in the first century CE Erigabo or Erigavo ( Ceerigaabo) is the administrative Capital of the Sanaag region of Somalia.

Tradition states that the Isaaq clan was founded by the arrival of Sheikh Isaq from Arabia in the 12th or 13th century. Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Shaikh, and other variants ( Arabic:, shaykh The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab) He settled at the coastal town of Maydh in northwestern Somalia, where he married into the local Dir clan. Maydh is one of the major towns of the Sanaag province of northwestern Somalia. The Dir ( Diir, دير is a Somali clan whose members live mostly in northern southern and central Somalia, as well as Djibouti and His tomb is in Maydh. The Isaaq are hashemites and are of the bani hashem clan of the quraish they are also descendants of the prophet Muhammad.

Notable Isaaq people

• Edna Adan Ismail, former Foreign Minister of Somaliland
• Faysal Ali Warabe, chairman of the Justice and Welfare Party of Somaliland (UCID)
• Habiiba Ahmed Haaji, vice-manager of the African Educational Trust
• Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Somali politician, president (from 1993) of the Republic of Somaliland
• Hassan Haji Mohamoud, Minister of Education for Somaliland
• Rageh Omaar, Former BBC correspondent, currently an Al Jazeera English Journalist
• Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi': Somali poet and philosopher (fl. Edna Adan Ismail ( Edna Aadan Ismaaciil or Adna Aadan Ismaaciil; born September 8 1937 in Hargeisa is the former Foreign Minister of the unrecognized Faisal Ali Warabe ( Faysal Cali Waraabe) (born 1948 is the chairman of the Justice and Welfare Party of Somaliland (UCID Habiiba Ahmed Haaji is the Vice-manager of the African Educational Trust (AET East Africa. Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal ( Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal, محمد الحاج ابراهيم ايغال (born August 15 1928 in Odweyne, Hassan Haji Mohamoud, also known as Hassan Gadhweyneh, as of 2007 is the Minister of Education in the Republic of Somaliland. Rageh Omaar ( Raage Awmaar, راجح عمر (born 19 July 1967) is a British television news presenter and writer of Somali origin Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi' (Somali Spelling Maxamed Ibraahim Warsame 'Hadraawi' is a Somali poet and songwriter 2006). Author of Halkaraan; also known as the "Somali Shakespeare"
• Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade: Prominent poet during the pre- and post-colonial periods (peak during 1960s). Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade was arguably the most prominent Somali Poet in his times
• Umar Arteh Ghalib, last prime minister of Somalia under the regime of Siad Barre
• Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo, last chairman of the SNM; current chairman of Kulmiye Party in Somaliland

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