Darod

E390097

The Darod are one of the largest Somali clan families, historically influential across Somalia and the Horn of Africa in politics, trade, and pastoral life.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Darod canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Somali clan family
clan
ancestralFigure Sheikh Darod Ismail
clanSystem Somali clan system
country Somalia
culturalPractice Somali customary law (xeer)
poetry and oral tradition
diasporaPresence Europe
Middle East
North America
economicActivity livestock herding
trade
ethnicGroup Somali people
hasSubclan Absame
Awrtable
Bartire
Dhulbahante
Dishiishe
Jidwaq
Leelkase
Majeerteen
Marehan
Ogaden
Reer Darawiish
Warsangeli
historicalRole involvement in anti-colonial resistance
long-distance trade in the Horn of Africa
participation in Somali sultanates
political leadership in Somalia
language Somali
surface form: Somali language
neighboringClans Dir
Hawiye
Rahanweyn
partOf Somali ethnic confederation
politicalInfluence Somali federal politics
regional administrations in Somalia
region Horn of Africa
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
settlementArea Jubaland
North Eastern Province of Kenya
Puntland
Somali Region of Ethiopia
Somaliland
northern Somalia
southern Somalia
socialStructure patrilineal descent
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism
usesScript Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

Somali Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin Somali alphabet

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galmudug hasClanPresence Darod
Jubaland hasClanFamily Darod
southern Somalia hasClanFamily Darod
subject surface form: Southern Somalia
central Somalia hasClanFamily Darod
subject surface form: Central Somalia
Hawiye neighboringClan Darod