Dir (clan)

Somali clan family

Main article: Somali people

Dir
درRegions with significant populations

Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somaliland
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam (Sunni)

The Dir (Somali: Dir) is one of the largest and most prominent Somali clans in the Horn of Africa.[1][2][3] They are also considered to be the oldest Somali stock to have inhabited the region.[1][4][5] Its members inhabit Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia (Somali, Harar, Dire Dawa, Oromia and Afar regions), and northeastern Kenya (North Eastern Province).[2][6][3][7]

## Origins[edit]

Like the great majority of Somali clans, the Dir trace their ancestry to Aqil ibn Abi Talib (c. 580 – 670 or 683),[8] a cousin of the prophet Muhammad (c. 570 – 632) and an older brother of Ali ibn Abi Talib (c. 600 – 661) and Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (c. 590 – 629).[9] They trace their lineage to Aqil through Samaale (the source of the name 'Somali'), the purported forefather of the northern pastoralist clans such as the Dir, the Hawiye, and –matrilineally through the Dir– the Isaaq and the Darod.[8] Although these genealogical claims are historically untenable legends, they do reflect the longstanding cultural contacts between Somalia (especially, though not exclusively, its most northern part Somaliland) and Southern Arabia.[10]

## History[edit]

The history of Islam being practised by the Dir clan goes back 1400 years. In Zeila, a Dir city, a mosque called Masjid al-Qiblatayn is known as the site of where early companions of the Prophet established a mosque shortly after the first Migration to Abyssinia[11] By the 7th century, a large-scale conversion to Islam was taking place in the Somali peninsula, first spread by the Dir clan family, to the rest of the nation.[12]

The early Adal Kingdom (9th century to 13th century) was an exclusive kingdom with its capital being Zeila.[13] In the 10th century, the Jarso clan a sub-division of Dir established the Dawaro Sultanate centred in Hararghe Highlands.

Dir is one of the oldest clans in the Horn of Africa. According to the Muslim chronicles, two of the oldest monarchies in the northern region, the Ifat and Adal sultanates, were led by Dir.[14]

The Dir, along with the Akisho, Gurgura, Issa and Gadabuursi subclans of the Dir represent the most native and indigenous Somali clan tree in Harar.[15][16][17]

The city Dire Dawa was originally called Dir Dhabe and used to be part of Adal Sultanate during the medieval times and was exclusively settled by Dir which is a major Somali tribe and after the weakening of Adal Sultanate, the Oromos took advantage and were able to penetrate through the city and settle into these areas and also assimilate some of the local Gurgura clan.[18]

The Somali Dir clan used to be the predominant inhabitants of Hararghe Highlands in the medieval times until the weakening of Adal Sultanate the Oromos took advantage of the crippling state and decided to invade and occupy the Haraghe Highlands and assimilate the local native Somali population which were Jarso, Gurgura, Nole, Metta, Oborra and Bursuk who were all sub-clans of Dir a major Somali tribe tree and were later confederated into Oromo Ethnics, the Afran Qallo tribes .

The Dir were supporters of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi during his 16th century conquest of Abyssinia; especially the Gurgura, Issa, Bursuk and Gadabuursi.[19] In his medieval Futuh Al-Habash documenting this campaign, the chronicler Shihāb al-Dīn indicates that thousands of Dir soldiers took part in Imam Ahmad's Adal Sultanate army.[20]

The Dir clan also led a revolt against the Italians during the colonial period. This revolt was mainly led by the Biimaal section of the Dir. The Biimaal clan is widely known for leading a resistance against the colonials in southern Somalia.The Biimaal violently resisted the imposition of colonialism and fought against the Italian colonialists of Italian Somaliland in a twenty-year war known as the Bimal revolt in which many of their warriors assassinated several Italian governors. This revolt can be compared to the war of the Mad Mullah in Somaliland.[21][22][23] The Biimaal mainly lives in Somalia, the Somali region of Ethiopia, which their Gaadsen sub-clan mainly inhabits and in the NEP region of Kenya.[24][25] The Biimaal are pastoralists. They were also successful merchants and traders in the 19th century.[26] In the 19th century they have engaged in multiple wars with the Geledi clan, which they were victorious in.[26][23]

## Lineage[edit]

I.M. Lewis and many sources maintain that the Dir, a Proto-Somali, together with the Hawiye trace ancestry through Irir son of Samaale.[27][28][29][30][31] Dir is regarded as the father-in-law of Darod, the progenitor of the Darod clan[32] Although some sources state it was the daughter of Hawiye who Darod married.[33][34][35]

Dir clan lineages:

* Madahweyne Dir \- Akisho, (Gurre), Gurgura and Barsuug
* Madaluug Dir \- Gadabuursi
* Madoobe Dir \- Issa
* Mahe Dir \- Biimaal, Surre and Quranyow-Garre

According to others, Dir had a fifth son, Qaldho Dir.

DNA analysis of Dir clan members inhabiting Djibouti found that all of the individuals belonged to the Y-DNA T1 paternal haplogroup.[36]

## Branches[edit]

The main subclans of the Dir today are: 1\. Mahe 2\. Madaluug 3\. Madoobe 4\. Madahweyne

* Akisho
* Issa "Essa"[37]
* Bimaal "Bimal"[37][38]
* Gadabuursi "Gadabursi"[37]
* Jaarso "Jaarso"
* Surre[39][38]
* Quranyow of the Garre
* Gurgura "Gurgure"[40][41]
* Gariire "Gerire"[37]
* Gurre "Goora"[37]
* Bajimal "Bajumal"[37]
* Barsuug "Bursuk"[37]

For the first time since several centuries the Dir clan which widely dispersed in the Horn of Africa has successfully convened a meeting with all the major Dir subclans in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Suldaan Dhawal, of the Habr 'Affan Gadabuursi was elected the head and representative of the Dir clan in the Horn of Africa.

## Notable Dir figures[edit]

* Ahmed Shide, current minister of finance of Ethiopia.
* Abdi Hassan Buni, politician, minister of British Somaliland and first deputy prime minister of the Somali Republic.
* Abdi Ismail Samatar, Somali scholar, writer and professor.
* Ahmad-Naaji Ibrahim Bakal, Charge d’ Affaires a.i. of the League of Arab States in South Africa.
* Abdi Sinimo, a Somali singer and songwriter, noted for having established the balwo genre of Somali music.[42][43]
* Abdi Warsame Isaq, chairman of the Southern Somali National Movement.
* Abdikarim Yusuf Adam, previous leader of Somali National Army
* Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah, first Somaliland Vice President between 1993 and 1997.[44]
* Abdirahman Beyle, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Somalia an economist[45]
* Abdirahman Ibbi, former Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Minister of Information and is serving as Member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia.
* Abdirahman Sayli'i, current vice-president of Somaliland[46]
* Abdo Hamargoodh, Djiboutian musician
* Said Hamargoodh, Djiboutian musician
* Abdourahman Waberi, novelist
* Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, former Somali Ambassador to Russian federation and former foreign minister
* Abdusalam Hadliye, Foreign Affairs Minister of Somalia; former Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia[47]
* Aden Isaq Ahmed, Minister and Politician of the Somali Republic
* Aden Robleh Awaleh, president of the National Democratic Party.
* Aden Nuriye, part of the prominent Ambassadorial Brothers, and former Djiboutian ambassador and current adviser to the President of Djibouti
* Ahmed Gerri of the Habar Maqdi (Makadi)/Makadur of the Conquest of Abyssinia[48][49]
* Ahmed Boulaleh, Djiboutian politician
* Ahmed Gabobe, Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs of Somalia.
* Ahmed Ismail Samatar, Somali writer, professor and former dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College. Editor of Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies
* Ato Hussein Ismail. Ethiopian long-serving Statesman and first Somali to become member of the Ethiopian Parliament
* Ato Shemsedin, Somali Ethiopian Politician, previous Ethiopian ambassador to Djibouti, Kenya, Deputy Minister of Mining and Energy and first Vice Chairman and one of the founders of ESDL[50][51]
* Ayanleh Souleiman, Djiboutian athlete
* Barkhad Awale Adan, Somali journalist and director of Radio Hurma
* Daher Ahmed Farah, Djiboutian politician
* Dahir Riyale Kahin, third President of Somaliland
* Djama Ali Moussa. First Senator of Djibouti or French Somaliland
* Djama Rabile, a Somali statesman of the former Somali Republic and Somali Democratic Republic.
* Haji Ibrahim Nur, minister, merchant and politician of former British Somaliland Protectorate
* Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916-2006), first President of Djibouti from 1977 to 1999.
* Hassan Mead, American distance runner
* Hassan Sheikh Mumin, author of Shabeel Naagood or (Leopard among the Women)
* Hibo Nura, a Somali singer
* Hussein Ahmed Salah, Djiboutian marathon runner.
* Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, current President of Djibouti
* Ismail Nuriye, part of the prominent Ambassadorial Brothers, and former Ethiopian ambassador
* Khadija Qalanjo, a popular Somali singer
* Mahmoud Harbi, vice-president of the Government Council of French Somaliland.
* Ahmed Goumane-Roble: Djiboutian Politician
* Mawlid Hayir, current vice-president and minister of education and former governor of Jigjiga zone of the Somali region of Ethiopia.[52][53]
* Mohamed Fourchette, Djiboutian musician
* Lula Ali Ismaïl, Djiboutian-Canadian film director
* Aden Farah Samatar, Djiboutian Musician
* Moumina Houssein Darar, Djiboutian Anti-Terrorism police investigator.
* Aden Farah, Speaker of House of Federation - Ethiopia
* Fadumo Ahmed Dhimbiil, Djiboutian Musician
* Xabiiba Cabdilaahi, Djiboutian Musician
* Mohamed Dubad, Somali politician, served as member of Somalia parliament and Charge D'Affaires in the United Nations
* Mohamed Nuriye, part of the prominent Ambassadorial Brothers, and former ambassador for Somalia.
* Moumin Bahdon, Djiboutian politician.
* Mumin Gala, Djiboutian athlete
* Col. Muse Rabile Ghod, a Somali military leader and statesman of the Somali Democratic Republic.
* Nima Djama, Djiboutian musician
* Hussein Ahmed Salah, Djiboutian marathon runner.
* Omar Farah Iltireh, Djiboutian politician
* Omar Osman Rabe, Somali scholar, writer, professor, politician and pan-Somalist.
* Roble Olhaye, permanent representative to the United Nations for the Republic of Djibouti.
* Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Ibrahim,
* Sheikh Yusuf Direed, Central Somalia Religious Leader
* Sheikh Abdi Abikar Gafle, famous religious leader and warrior[54]
* Sheikh 'Abdurahman Sh. Nur, religious leader, qādi and the inventor of the Borama script.[55]
* Suleiman Ahmed Guleid – President of Amoud University
* Sultan Dideh, sultan of Zeila, prosperous merchant and built first mosque in Djibouti. He also proposed the name "Cote francaise des Somalis" to the French[56][57][58]
* Ughaz 'Elmi Warfa, 13th Malak (King) of the Gadabursi.
* Ughaz Nur II, 11th Malak (King) of the Gadabursi.[59]
* Yacin Bouh, Djiboutian politician.
* Yussur Abrar, former governor of the Central Bank of Somalia.[60]
* Yusuf Tallan, previous leader of Somali National Army
* Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn[61]

## Historical publications[edit]

* Bughyaat al-amaal fii taariikh as-Soomaal, published in Mogadishu, Shariif 'Aydaruus Shariif 'Ali
* Political History of Lower Shabelle, Dr. Mohamed Abukar Mahad (Gaetano)

## See also[edit]

* Somali aristocratic and court titles

## Notes[edit]

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2. ^ a b Ambroso, Guido (March 2002). "Clanship, Conflict and Refugees: An Introduction to Somalis in the Horn of Africa" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
3. ^ a b Hayward, R.J.; Lewis, I.M. (17 August 2005). Voice and Power. Routledge. p. 242\. ISBN 9781135751753.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ Jama, Hassan Ali (2005). Who Cares about Somalia: Hassan's Ordeal; Reflections on a Nation's Future. Verlag Hans Schiler. ISBN 978-3-89930-075-8.
6. ^ Ojielo, Ozzonia (May 2010). "Dynamics and Trends of Conflict in Greater Mandera" (PDF). undp.org. UNDP Kenya. p. 7\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2017. "Garre live in Southern Somalia, North Eastern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. In Southern Somalia, they live in Kofur near Mogadishu and El Wak District in Gedo Province. In Ethiopia, they live in Moyale, Hudet and Woreda of Liban zone. In Kenya, the Garre inhabit Wajir North and Moyale."
7. ^ Ozzonia (2010), page 7. The Quranyo section of the Garre claim descent from Dirr, who are born of the Irrir Samal.
8. ^ a b Lewis 1961, pp. 11–12.
9. ^ Rubin 2009.
10. ^ Lewis 1994, pp. 102–106, esp. p. 105.
11. ^ Briggs, Phillip (2012). Somaliland. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 7\. ISBN 978-1841623719.
12. ^ Holzer, Georg-Sebastian (2008). "POLITICAL ISLAM IN SOMALIA: A fertile ground for radical Islamic groups?". Geo Politics of the Middle East. 1: 23.
13. ^ Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 25. Americana Corporation. 1965. p. 255.
14. ^ Futūḥ al-Ḥabasha. (n.d.). Christian-Muslim Relations 1500 - 1900. doi:10.1163/2451-9537_cmrii_com_26077
15. ^ Slikkerveer (28 October 2013). Plural Medical Systems In The Horn Of Africa: The Legacy Of Sheikh Hippocrates. Routledge. p. 140\. ISBN 9781136143304.
16. ^ Lewis, I. M. (1998). Saints and Somalis: Popular Islam in a Clan-based Society. The Red Sea Press. p. 100\. ISBN 9781569021033.
17. ^ Lewis, I. M. (17 March 2003). A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821445730.
18. ^ ʻArabfaqīh, Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir (1 January 2003). The conquest of Abyssinia: 16th century. Annotation: Dir, According to Huntingford a settlement which may be modern Dire Dawa. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 24\. ISBN 9780972317269.
19. ^ Sihab ad-Din Ahmad bin'Abd al-Qader, Futuh al-Habasa: The conquest of Ethiopia, translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003), pp. 50, 76
20. ^ Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir ʻArabfaqīh, Translated by Paul Stenhouse, Richard Pankhurst (2003). The conquest of Abyssinia: 16th century. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 77\. ISBN 9780972317269.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
21. ^ Ciisa-Salwe, Cabdisalaam M. (1 January 1996). The collapse of the Somali state: the impact of the colonial legacy. HAAN. p. 19\. ISBN 9781874209270.
22. ^ Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (1 January 2001). Culture and Customs of Somalia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 23\. ISBN 9780313313332.
23. ^ a b Kariye, Badal (23 July 2010). The Kaleidoscopic Lover: The Civil War in the Horn of Africa & My Itinerary for a Peaceful Lover. Author House. p. 83\. ISBN 9781452004648. "Twenty year war"
24. ^ Schlee, Günther (1 January 1989). Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya. Manchester University Press. pp. 107, 108, 275 and 99. ISBN 9780719030109. "Biimal"
25. ^ Kefale, Asnake (31 July 2013). Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia: A Comparative Regional Study. Routledge. p. 89\. ISBN 9781135017989. "gadsan"
26. ^ a b Olson, James Stuart (1 January 1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 97\. ISBN 9780313279188.
27. ^ Ahmed, Ali Jimale (1995). The Invention of Somalia. Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press Inc. p. 124\. ISBN 978-0-932415-98-1.
28. ^ Lewis 1994, p. 104.
29. ^ Lewis, I.M. (2008). Understanding Somali and Somaliland Society: Culture History and Society. Hurst. p. 4\. ISBN 978-1-85065-898-6.
30. ^ Lewis, I.M. (1 January 1998). Saints and Somalis: Popular Islam in a Clan-based Society. The Red Sea Press. p. 99-Chapter 8. ISBN 9781569021033.
31. ^ Ahmed, Ali Jimale (1 January 1995). The Invention of Somalia. The Red Sea Press. p. 246\. ISBN 9780932415998.
32. ^ Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (25 February 2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. p. 71\. ISBN 9780810866041.
33. ^ Burton, Sir Richard Francis; Burton, Lady Isabel (1893). The Works of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: First footsteps in East Africa. Tylston & Edwards. p. 74\. "where he married a daughter of the Hawiyah tribe: rival races declare him to have been a Galla slave"
34. ^ Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society. Longmans, Green. 1 January 1921. p. 54\. "was shipwrecked on the Somali coast where he married a Hawiyah woman"
35. ^ Burton, Richard Francis (1 January 1856). First Footsteps in East Africa. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. pp. 104. "where he married a daughter of the Hawiyah tribe"
36. ^ Iacovacci, Giuseppe; et al. (2017). "Forensic data and microvariant sequence characterization of 27 Y-STR loci analyzed in four Eastern African countries". Forensic Science International: Genetics. 27: 123–131. doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.12.015. PMID 28068531. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
37. ^ a b c d e f g Lewis, I.M. (1 January 1998). Peoples of the Horn of Africa: Somali, Afar and Saho. Red Sea Press. ISBN 9781569021057. "At the end of the book "Tribal Distribution of Somali Afar and Saho""
38. ^ a b Ahmed, Ali Jimale (1 January 1995). The Invention of Somalia. The Red Sea Press. p. 131\. ISBN 9780932415998.
39. ^ Africa Confidential. Miramoor Publications Limited. 1 January 1994. p. 17.
40. ^ Verdier, Isabelle (31 May 1997). Ethiopia: the top 100 people. Indigo Publications. p. 13\. ISBN 9782905760128.
41. ^ Regional & Federal Studies. Volume 24, Issue 5, 2014. Special Issue: Federalism and Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ethnic Decentralization and the Challenges of Inclusive Governance in Multiethnic Cities: The Case of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
42. ^ Abdullahi, p. 172.
43. ^ Johnson, p. xv.
44. ^ Phillips, Sarah. Developmental Leadership Program – Policy and Practice for Developmental Leaders, Elites and Coalitions Political Settlements and State Formation: The Case of Somaliland Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine University of Sydney, December 2013, page 9.
45. ^ The Indian Ocean Newsletter — PM Desalegn picks his candidate to head IGAD Archived 19 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine "Abdirahman Duale Beyle, a former Somali Foreign Minister" "an economist who hails from the Gadabursi community."
46. ^ "Vice President Saylici (whose Gadabursi)". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
47. ^ "Nominated Ministers and Their Clans". Goobjoog. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
48. ^ ʻArabfaqīh, Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir (1 January 2003). The conquest of Abyssinia: 16th century. The Habar Makadur, underneath the page as a note [I.M. Lewis] by Richard Pankhurst. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 27\. ISBN 9780972317269.
49. ^ Lewis, I.M. (1998). Peoples of the Horn of Africa: Somali, Afar and Saho. Red Sea Press. p. 25\. ISBN 978-1569021040. "There are two main fractions, the Habr Afan and Habr Makadur, formerly united under a common hereditary chief (ogaz)." `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)
50. ^ page 210
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52. ^ Untitled "Mawlid Hayir Hassan, Regional Vice president," page 27.
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58. ^ As indicated in Morin (2005:640) the name of "Cote francaise des Somalis" itself is said to have been proposed by hağği Diideh (Mahad-Ase clan of Gedebursi. He was Prosperous merchant of Zayla who built the first Mosque in Djibouti Ğami ar-Rahma in 1891) to the French administration in imitation of British Somaliland, page 92
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60. ^ Yussur Abrar (Dir/Gadabursi), who hails from Borama in Somaliland
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Somali clans

Darod|

* Kablalah
* Kuumade
* Ogaden
* Jidwaq
* Abaskuul Bartire Yabarre
* Koombe
* Harla Koombe
* Geri Koombe
* Hantaale
* Amlaale
* Harti
* Ugas Lebe
* Dhulbahante
* Majeerteen
* Dishiishe
* Warsangali
* Liban Gashe
* Geesa Gulle
* Kaskiqabe
* Leelkase
* Tanade
* Awrtable
* Yusuf
* Isse
* Ciise Daarood
* Marehan
* Awr-midig
* Habar ciise
* Aw-same

Isaaq|

* Arap
* Ayub
* Habr Awal
* Sa'ad Musa
* Issa Musa
* Garhajis
* Habr Yunis
* Eidagale
* Habr Je'lo
* Mohamed Abokor
* Musa Abokor
* Sanbuur
* Cimraan
* Tol Je'lo

Dir|

* Akisho
* Gurgura
* Bursuuk
* Gurre
* Gadabuursi
* Issa
* Surre
* Abdalla
* Qubeys
* Bimaal
* Gaadsen
* Garre
* Quranyow
* Garire
* Bajimal
* Jarso

Hawiye|

* Gugundhabe
* Baadicadde
* Gorgaarte
* Hiraab
* Mudulood
* Habar Gidir
* Madable
* Duduble
* Karanle
* Murusade
* Kariye
* Sheekhaal Looboge
* Sixawle
* Madarke'is
* Hawadle
* Ajuran
* Mayle
* Degoodi

Rahanweyn|

* Digil
* Geledi
* Tunni
* Mirifle

Other Samaale|

* Gardhere
* Gaalje'el
* Degoodi
* Garre
* Harmalle
* Ajuran
* Hawadle

Benadiri|

* Asharaf
* Haatim
* Reer Faqi
* Shanshiyo
* Bandhaboow
* 'Amuudi
* Reer Manyo
* Biido
* Gaameedle
* Shiikhall Gendershe
* Duruqbo
* Reer Ahmed Nur
* Shukureere
* Moorsho
* Juunji
* Fasahaale
* 'Amuudi
* Sheekhaal Jasiira
* Ba Fadal

Minority clans|

* Madhiban
* Asharaf
* Yibir

Bantus|

* Somali Bantus

Historical|

* Habr Maqdi

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