Surre (clan)

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surre
سري

Dir Somali Clan

second deputy speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia

Ethnicity| Somali
Location| Somalia
Ethiopia
Parent tribe| Dir
Branches| Qubeys:

* Tolweyne

Reer Toonle .Mohamed Abti Udug .Waqatinle Abti Udug Axadoowe

* Yabadhaale

Midkase Wayaagle Abdalle:

* Mohammed Abdalle
* Yusuf Abdalle
* Abdi Abdalle
* Suleiman Abdalle

Language| Somali
Arabic
Religion| Islam (Sunni)

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The Surre (Somali: Surre, Arabic: سري), is a Somali clan, a sub clan of the major Somali Dir clan, The Surre inhabit in central and southern Somalia. And also can be found in Somaliland, and Ethiopia.[1][2]

## History

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A photo of the highly admired young Sheekh Yussuf Direed

The Surre have been associated with spreading the Islamic faith in Somalia and the Qadiriya Sufi tariiqa in central and southern Somalia. They left what is now Somaliland in approximately 1316 C.E. for central and southern Somalia.

The majority of the western scholars (both Italian and British) simply referred to the Surre as the "Dir of Puntland and Southcentral Somalia" without differentiating them.

Recent studies in Somalia revealed that the Dir in Nugal, Mudug, Galgaduud, Hiran, and Gedo are divided into two branches, the Qubeys and the Guutaale both descendants of Surre.

As of 1996[update] the Surre were represented by the Southern Somali National Movement led by Abdi Aziz Sheikh Yusuf.[3]

## Distribution

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Zakia Hussein Somalia's deputy police chief and first ever female brigadier general

Mainly Qubeys, the Abdalles and Mohamed Gutale(Habardeel) are the Surre subclans. The Saleban Abdalle[4] clan is mainly local to Puntland, especially in the regions of Nugal and Mudug and predominantly inhabit Tawfiiq District, Dahraan neighborhood of Galkayo of Mudug and Godobjiran of Nugaal and have a sizable presence in Bosaso.

Another cluster of Abdalle clan of mainly Fiqi Mohamad reside from Herale district[5] of Galgaduud region in Galmudug State all the way to the north of Jubba river in Gedo region of Jubaland state mainly in Boholgaras and towns surrounding it divided by the Ethiopian border there, the Fiqi Mohamad and Nacdoor of Abdalle predominantly inhabit Dolobay Woreda,[6][7] with significant population in Chereti (woreda) both in Afder Zone and Jijiga the capital of the Somali state.[8]

The Qubeys Clan is mainly native to Bacadweyne district [9] as well as many towns under its jurisdiction and in Galkayo in Mudug region of Galmudug State, the Fiqi walal Qubeys also reside Tawfiiq and areas around it along with their Abdalle brothers, Mirjiicley town of Herale district. The Surre have a sizable presence in both the capital Mogadishu and Lower Shabelle where the qubeys resides the town of Golweyn and have a significant presence in Merca.

A sub subclan of Surre also inhabit in the Sanaag region of Somaliland, with the Cabaas Muuse sub subclan being present in Badhan District.[10][11]

## Clan tree

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The Surre clan members preserved their lineage and is as follows. Some lineages are also omitted.

* Dir
* Mehe
* Surre
* Qubeys
* Tolweyne
* Ahadoobe
* Reer Toonle
* Yabadhaale
* Midkasse
* Wayaagle
* Habardeel
* Abdalle
* Mohamed Abdalle(Na’door)
* Yusuf Abdalle(Gorod)
* Abdi Abdalle
* Fiqi Mohamed
* Adan farah ( laxmar)
* Saleban Abdalle
* Fiqi Khayrre
* Muuse Farah

## Notable members

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* Mahad Abdalle Awad \- current second deputy speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia [12]
* Qamar Aden Ali \- Late former Somali minister of Health[13]
* Abdikarim Yusuf Adam(dhagabadan) - Late former Army Chief of staff Somali Armed Forced [14][15]
* Zakia Hussein \- A politician and current deputy police of Somalia[16]
* Mahad Abdalle Awad \- second deputy speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia.

## References

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1. ^ "Réponses aux demandes d'information". 5 June 2018.
2. ^ Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). Peoples of the Horn of Africa (Somali, Afar and Saho): North Eastern Africa Part I. ISBN 9781315308173.
3. ^ "Somalia: Information on the militia and clan that has controlled Merca since 1993, whether the Somali National Alliance (SNA) controlled Merca, and whether the SNA recruited people from the Reer Hamar to their militia in 1995 in the Merca area". UNHCR Refworld. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 1 September 1996. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
4. ^ "Geeska Afrika Newsline".
5. ^ "Over 60 killed as fighting resumes in central region". 17 December 2003.
6. ^ http://www.gadm.org › maps › ETH › dol... World / Ethiopia / Somali / Afder / Dolobay - GADM
7. ^ http://www.bkhub.org › 2016/12PDF Web results Somalia Borderlands Conflict Mapping / Analysis
8. ^ https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1062231/download&ved=2ahUKEwjpkNXK9NPsAhWkJzQIHal4AwMQFjAFegQIDBAB&usg=AOvVaw39YY7aQoIUccXdKdQ8cGeA [dead link]
9. ^ http://www.ecoi.net › file › localPDF GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF SOMALI CLANS
10. ^ Allhadaaftimo (2020-05-31). "Beesha Cabaas muuse oo ciidan soo bandhigtay kunna soo dhoweynaysa!!". All Hadaaftimo Warar Sugan o Run ah. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
11. ^ "Ugaaska Beesha Cabaas Muuse Surre Dir Oo Lagu Caleemo Saaray Badhan - Sanaag - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
12. ^ "Somalia parliament concludes Lower House speakers elections - Xinhua | English.news.cn".
13. ^ "WHO: Somali attack a blow to country's health system - Somalia".
14. ^ Voice of America › Africa › al... Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility for Attack on Mogadishu Hotel | Voice ...
15. ^ http://www.stripes.com › news › africom-... Web results AFRICOM offers details on controversial Somalia raid - News ...
16. ^ "'You only live once, make it count!' Somalia's first female Brigadier General". 5 October 2020.

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