Abokor Musa

Abokor Muse
أبوبكر موسى
Languages
	Somali
Religion
	Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Eidagale, clan

Abokor Musa (Somali: Abokor Muuse, Arabic: أبوبكر موسى) is a Somali clan, and part of the Muse Daoud, which belongs to the Eidagale clan.

Overview

The Abokor Musa is a somali clan that belongs to the Eidagale clan of the Isaaq clan family. Members of the Abokor Musa subclan are descendants of Ismail Sh-Ishaaq.They inhabit the Hargiesa and Salahley regions of Somaliland, in addition to the Somali Region. Historically, the Abokor Musa traditionally consists of nomadic pastoralists, merchants, and skilled poets.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The Eidagale clan traces its lineage back to Ismail Sh-Ishaq.The progenitor of the Abokor Muse clan had two sons but is divided into five major sub-clans, which belong to the Abokor Musa family. The clan undertakes the traditional rural lifestyle of the nomadic Somali culture of herding camels and other livestock. However, they have settlements in towns in Somaliland, such as Salahley, and also in the southern districts of the Maroodi Jeex region.

Historically, the Abokor Musa made an influential Somali caravan trade in long-distance, procuring merchants different items from the Somali Region, such as livestock and other goods, into the markets of Hargiesa City, then the coastal city of Berbera, which were then subsequently exported to Southern Arabia.^[3]^[4]

History

Medieval period

Historically, the Eidagalle participated in the conquest of Abyssinia, were part of the Adal Sultanate, and are mentioned in the book Futuh Al-Habash (Conquest of Abyssinia) as Habar Magaadle. The Habar Magaadle are known for producing a historical figure known as Ahmed Gurey bin Hussein who was the right-hand man of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi.^[5]

I. M. Lewis discusses the existence of another leader named Ahmed Gurey, and suggests that the two leaders have been conflated into one historical figure:

The text refers to two Ahmed's with the nickname 'Left-handed'. One is regularly presented as 'Ahmed Guray, the Somali' identified as Ahmad Gurey Hussein, chief of the Habar Magaadle. Another reference, however, appears to link the Habar Magadle with the Eidagalle clan. Another Ahmed is simply referred to as 'Imam Ahmad' or simply the 'Imam'.This Ahmad is not qualified by the adjective Somali.The two Ahmad's have been conflated into one figure, the heroic Ahmed Guray.^[6]^[7]

For centuries, the tomb of saint Aw Barkhadle, which is located between Berbera and Hargeisa, was used by the Isaaq clans to settle disputes and to swear oaths of alliances under a holy relic attributed to Bilal Ibn Rabah. As traditional leaders of the Isaaq clans, the Eidagale placed themselves as mediators during the disputes.^[8]^[9]^[10]

When any grave question arises affecting the interests of the Isaakh tribe in general. On a paper yet carefully preserved in the tomb, and bearing the sign-manual of Belat [Bilal], the slave of one of the early khaleefehs, fresh oaths of lasting friendship and lasting alliances are made...In the season of 1846 this relic was brought to Berbera in charge of the Haber Gerhajis, and on it the rival tribes of Aial Ahmed and Aial Yunus swore to bury all animosity and live as brethren.^[11]^[12]

For centuries, the Eidagale were influential stakeholders in the long-distance Somali caravan trade. Eidagalle merchants procured various goods from the Somali Region in present-day Ethiopia, such as livestock, acacia gum, myrrh, and ghee, which were subsequently exported to Southern Arabia. The Ciidagalle caravan merchants founded several inland trade entrepôts in the interior, which also includes the modern city of Hargeisa, founded in the 19th century as a caravan junction between Berbera and the Somali interior.^[13]^[14]

Somalis of the Habar Gerhajis tribe arrive from Ogadain with feathers, myrrh, gum, sheep, cattle, and ghee, carrying away in exchange piece goods; they also make four trips in the season; they remain for less than a month, and during their stay reside with fellow-tribesmen, taking their meals in the mokhbâzah or eating-house.^[15]^[16]

Clan tree

A summarised clan family tree of the Abokor Musa, is presented below:

Daoud (Eidagale)
- Muse Daoud
  - Abokor Muuse
    - Hassan Abokor
      - Muse Hassan
      - Laqshe Hassan
      - Basirale Hassan
      - Dhimbil Hassan
        Mohammed Dhimbil
        Musa Mohammed
        Adawe Muse
        Allemagan Adawe
        
        Absiye Adawe
        
        Aden Muse
        Had Aden
        
        Geedi Aden
        
        Boqorre Aden
        
        Fatah Mohammed
        
        Muawiye Mohammed
        
        Guled Mohammed
        
        Muuse Dhimbil
        Abdalle Muuse
        Jibriil Abdalle Muse
        Kaliil Jibriil (Baho Jibriil)
        
        Aden Jibriil (Baho Jibriil)
        
        Abdi Jibriil
        Ali Abdi (Ba Younis)
        
        Nour Abdi (Ba Younis)
        
        Biniin Abdi
        
        Abdille Abdi
        Eiye Abdille
        
        Gallab Abdille
        
        Mohamed Abdille
        
        Mohamoud Muuse
        Shirdon Mohamoud
        
        Hildiid Mohamoud
        
        Ahmed Dhimbil (Ba' Ayoub)
        Muse Ahmed
        
        Mohammed Ahmed
        Wais Mohamed
        
        Bedar Mohamed
        
        Sarar Mohamed
        
        Ismail Ahmed
        Awalle Ismail
        
        Imaan Ismail
        
        Bulale Ismail
    - Aden Abokor
      - Awal Aden
      - Hassan Aden
        Ziyad Hassan
        
        Ladon Hassan
        
        Abdalle Hassan
        Ahmed Abdalle
        Halas Ahmed
        
        Geedi Ahmed
        
        Egal Ahmed
        
        Abdi Abdalle
        
        Ali Abdalle

References

^ I.M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali, fourth edition (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), pp. 31 & 42
^ Frederick (1877). An Account of the British Settlement of Aden in Arabia. Cengage Gale. p. 41.
^ Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). I.M Lewis : peoples of the Horn of Africa. ISBN 9781315308173.
^ Andrzejewski, B.W. and I.M. Lewis, 1964, Somali Poetry: An Introduction, Oxford University Press.
^ "مخطوطات > بهجة الزمان > الصفحة رقم 16". makhtota.ksu.edu.sa. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ First Footsteps in East Africa, by Richard Burton, p.16-p.30
^ The Sramble in the Horn of Africa. The History of Somalia (1827–1977). pp. 451-457
^ British Somaliland, by Ralph Evelyn Drake-Brockman, p. 36
^ Laitin, David D. (1977). Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience. 9780226467917.
^ Sun, Sand and Somals - Leaves from the Note-Book of a District Commissioner, H. Rayne
^ "The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 19 p.61-62". 1849
^ Diiriye, Anwar Maxamed. Literature of Somali Onomastics & Proverbs with Comparison of Foreign Sayings.
^ Genealogies of the Somal. Eyre and Spottiswoode (London). 1896.
^ A General survey of the Somaliland protectorate 1944-1950, p.122, table 18
^ The Dublin Review, Volume 98. 1886. p. 176.
^ Journal of African Languages. University of Michigan Press. 1963. p. 27

[:5-1] I.M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali, fourth edition (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), pp. 31 & 42

[:3-2] Frederick (1877). An Account of the British Settlement of Aden in Arabia. Cengage Gale. p. 41.

[3] Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). I.M Lewis : peoples of the Horn of Africa. ISBN 9781315308173.

[:2-4] Andrzejewski, B.W. and I.M. Lewis, 1964, Somali Poetry: An Introduction, Oxford University Press.

[5] "مخطوطات > بهجة الزمان > الصفحة رقم 16". makhtota.ksu.edu.sa. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[6] First Footsteps in East Africa, by Richard Burton, p.16-p.30

[7] The Sramble in the Horn of Africa. The History of Somalia (1827–1977). pp. 451-457

[8] British Somaliland, by Ralph Evelyn Drake-Brockman, p. 36

[:4-9] Laitin, David D. (1977). Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience. 9780226467917.

[10] Sun, Sand and Somals - Leaves from the Note-Book of a District Commissioner, H. Rayne

[11] "The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 19 p.61-62". 1849

[:1-12] Diiriye, Anwar Maxamed. Literature of Somali Onomastics & Proverbs with Comparison of Foreign Sayings.

[:6-13] Genealogies of the Somal. Eyre and Spottiswoode (London). 1896.

[14] A General survey of the Somaliland protectorate 1944-1950, p.122, table 18

[15] The Dublin Review, Volume 98. 1886. p. 176.

[16] Journal of African Languages. University of Michigan Press. 1963. p. 27

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